Name: Sculpture Bust Portrait Scipio Africanus Classical Roman 19th Polychrome Marbles
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Sculpture Bust Portrait Scipio Africanus Classical Roman 19th Polychrome Marbles

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The sculpture carved in Polychrome Marbles depicts a very interesting portrait of Scipio Africanus; the head carved in statuary marble stand on the marble bust carved in an ancient Marmor Numidicum a rare and important specimen marble carved during the roman age in the North of Africa. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus is portrayed in this bust with the characteristic completely bald head, the oval of the full face, the straight nose from which deep nasolabial furrows develop. These traits, not witnessed by any ancient prototype that portrayed the Roman general and consul, were however referred to him by a long interpretative tradition and in a gran tour style in fact a similar sculpture is in the collection of Galleria Borghese in Rome. Scipio Africanus was one of the most important Roman general and statesman, most notable as one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greatest military commanders and strategists of all time, his greatest military achievement was the defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. This victory in Africa earned him the honorific epithet Africanus, literally meaning "the African", but meant to be understood as a conqueror of Africa. Scipio's conquest of Carthaginian Iberia culminated in the Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC against Hannibal's brother Mago Barca. Although considered a hero by the Roman people, primarily for his victories against Carthage, Scipio had many opponents, especially Cato the Elder, who hated him deeply. In 187 BC, he was tried in a show trial alongside his brother for bribes they supposedly received from the Seleucid king Antiochos III during the Roman–Seleucid War. Disillusioned by the ingratitude of his peers, Scipio left Rome and retired from public life at his villa in Liternum.

Creation Year:
after 1800
Dimensions:
Height: 14.57 in (37 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)Depth: 4.34 in (11 cm)
Medium:
Marble
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Roma, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1350114799472

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