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Summary

Artist

Copy of Lysippos

Description

English: Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Alexander the Great called Hermes Azara. Bears the inscription: "Alexander [the Great], son of Philip, [king of] Macedonia." Copy of the Imperial Roman Era (1st or 2nd century CE) of a bronze sculpture made by Lysippos. Found in Tivoli, East of Rome, Italy. Pentelic marble, region of Athens.

Français : Pilier hermaïque d'Alexandre le Grand, connu sous le nom d'« Hermès Azara ». Inscription : « Alexandre [le Grand], fils de Philippe, [roi de] Macédoine. » Copie romaine d'époque impériale (Ier-IIe siècle av. J.-C.) d'une sculpture en bronze de Lysippe. Découvert à Tivoli, près de Rome. Marbre du Péntélique, de la région d'Athènes.

Dimensions

H. 68 cm (26 ¾ in.)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, ground floor, room 17

Accession number

Ma 436 (MR 405)

Credit line

Former collection of José Nicolás de Azara; given to Napoléon Bonaparte, c. 1801; gift of N. Bonaparte to the Louvre, 1803

Source/Photographer

User:PHGCOM (2006)

aleksandar veliki III..

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