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Bust of Alexander the Great   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Category:Roman Empire)Unknown author
Title	Bust of Alexander the Great
Description	English: Starting from his base in Macedon in northern Greece, Alexander conquered the Persian Empire in 331 BC and went on to forge an empire that ultimately stretched to India. He founded the city of Alexandria in that same year. His charismatic personality, his premature death at the age of 33, and his idealistic vision of a world unified through Greek culture led him to be associated with heroic figures such as Heracles, men who through their deeds were believed to have become gods. For centuries afterward, Alexander was honored as a god and as the ideal monarch. Portraits of Alexander the Great emphasize his heroic character. The classically youthful face, the anastole (an arrangement of hair upswept from the brow), the long wavy locks, and the hole in the crown for the insertion of a star (a symbol of his deification) identify this work as a portrait of the ruler. The Roman date is indicated by the deep grooves in the hair and the artist's rendering of the folds of the mantle as drilled channels.
Date	2nd century date QS:P571,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium	marble medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions	height: 32.6 cm (12.8 in); width: 35.2 cm (13.8 in); depth: 18.8 cm (7.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,32.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,35.2U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,18.8U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	23.121
Place of creation	Roman Empire
Object history	Giovanni Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 39, no. 317, pl.xxxv 1912: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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