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English: Copy after Kresilas
Français : Copie de Crésilas ?
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English: Idealised bust of Pericles. Marble, Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of ca. 440-430 BC. From the Villa Adriana, Tivoli.
Français : Buste idéalisé de Périclès. Marbre, copie romaine du IIe siècle ap. J.-C. d'après un original grec d'environ 440-430 av. J.-C. Provenance : Villa Adriana, Tivoli.
Dimensions H. 0.48 m (18 ¾ in.)
Main floor, room 15, Greece: 5th century BC
Accession number GR 1805.7-3.91 (Cat. Sculpture 549)
Credit line Townley Collection
References British Museum entry
Source/Photographer Bobak Ha'Eri, November 23, 2007

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