Tusculum Portrait | |
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Year | c. 46 – 44 BC |
Medium | Carrara marble |
Subject | Julius Caesar |
Dimensions | 32 cm × 21 cm (13 in × 8.3 in) |
Location | Museo di Antichità, Turin, Italy |
The Tusculum portrait, also called the Tusculum bust, is the only extant portrait of Julius Caesar which may have been made during his lifetime.[1] It is also one of the two accepted portraits of Caesar (alongside the Chiaramonti Caesar) which were made before the beginning of the Roman Empire.[2] Being one of the copies of the bronze original,[3] the bust has been dated to 50–40 BC and is housed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Antiquities in Turin, Italy.[4] Made of fine-grained marble, the bust measures 32 cm (1 ft 1 in) in height.
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