File:Portrait of Alexander the Great - Getty Museum (73.AA.27).jpg

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Ancient Greek sculpture of Alexander the Great in the Getty Villa

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Portrait of Alexander the Great  wikidata:Q124816543 reasonator:Q124816543
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Title
Portrait of Alexander the Great
label QS:Len,"Portrait of Alexander the Great"
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Identified by his mass of leonine hair, his young idealized face, and his deep-set, upturned eyes, Alexander the Great was the first Greek ruler to understand and exploit the propagandistic powers of portraiture. Ancient literary sources say that he let only one sculptor carve his portrait: Lysippos (active ca. 370-300 B.C.), who created the standard Alexander portrait type.

This life-size head, said to have been found in Megara, was part of a multi-figured group, which probably served as a funerary monument for a courtier who wanted to associate himself with the ruler. The Getty Museum has over thirty fragments of this group, which might have depicted a sacrificial scene. The participants include Alexander, his companion Hephaistion, a goddess, Herakles, a flute player, and several other figures, as well as animals and birds.

The head was re-carved in antiquity. The left ear was added, the right sideburn shortened, and the lower eyelids recut.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Depicted people Alexander the Great Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 320 BC
date QS:P,-0320-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 29.1 cm (11.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 25.9 cm (10.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; depth: 27.5 cm (10.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+25.9U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+27.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 111, The Hellenistic World
Accession number
73.AA.27 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Ancient Greece Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Ancient Greek sculpture of Alexander the Great in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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The Getty Center, Object 103SXY

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