Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great as Helios
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Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great as Helios
Published 2019-09-04T11:37:54+00:00
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One of the titles given to Alexander the Great was Helios, the sun king. This idealised portrait has Alexander’s characteristic wild thick hair, but it partially tied back with a band around his head. There are holes in the band where a metal radiate crown would have been attached, hence this piece’s name.
The original is thought to date from at least a century after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.
Roman copy of a larger-than-life Hellenistic head.
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Technical Information
| Date published | 04/09/2019 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | pages.object.complexitymedium |
More Information
| Title | Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great as Helios |
| Date | 299 - 101 BC |
| Dimension | Height, 58 cm |
| Accession | KAS 283 |
| Period | Hellenistic |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Original: Capitoline Museums, Acquired 1897 |
| Record | http://collection.smk.dk/#/detail/KAS283 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst |
Object Parts
.12 resolution 10% infill 30mm/s Approximately 8.25" tall Approximately 104 hrs print time