Bust of Demosthenes - portrait is part of > Villa dei Papiri

Bust of Demosthenes - portrait
is part of > Villa dei Papiri > Herculaneum
CensusID: 10019700
Location
Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory no. inv. 5467
Description
Class
Type
sculpture
portrait
bust
inscription
Material
bronze
Present Condition intact
Original
no
Number
01
Descriptive Details male
bust
bearded
semi-nude
drapery
portrait
Demosthenes
Dimensions
inscription (Greek):
Δημοσθενης
height: 15 cm
History
Date of Creation
last quarter of 1st cent. BC
Style
Augustan
Artist(s)/Creator(s) unknown
Provenance
Provenance Event(s) Date
1753
Location Herculaneum, Villa dei Papiri
Note(s)
findspot
Documentation:
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 2 > ch. 2 > p. 686
(Corpus Winckelmann)
Date
Location
1758-1764
Portici, Palazzo Reale
Relationships
Corpus Winckelmann Document(s):
> Winckelmann 1742-1768 (Briefe) > vol. I (1742-1759) > no. 225a > p. 400
> Winckelmann 1742-1768 (Briefe) > vol. II (1759-1763) > no. 518 > p. 264
> Winckelmann 1742-1768 (Briefe) > vol. II (1759-1763) > no. 519 > p. 265
> Winckelmann 1742-1768 (Briefe) > vol. II (1759-1763) > no. 596 > p. 351
> Winckelmann, GK1, 1764 (ed. 2002) > book 2 > ch. 2 > p. 686 > ll. 01-07
> Winckelmann, GK2, 1776 (ed. 2002) > p. 687 > ll. 01-35
> Winckelmann 1762/1997 (Sendschreiben) > p. 037
> Winckelmann 1762/1997 (Sendschreiben) > p. 092
Original:
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untraced: Demosthenes - statue
Parallel Replica(s) known to Renaissance:
Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale: Bust of Demosthenes - portrait
References
Bibliography:
> Domenico Comparetti, Giulio de Petra: La villa ercolanese dei Pisoni i suoi monumenti e la sua
biblioteca, Turin 1883 > p. 262, no. 11
> Arnold Rüsch: Guida illustrata del Museo Nazionale di Napoli, compilata da D. Bassi, E. Gabrici, L.
Mariani a.o., ed. by Arnold Rüsch, Napoli 1908
> pp. 222f., no. 893
> Maria Rita Wojcik: La Villa dei Papiri ad Ercolano, Rome 1986 > pp. 64f., no. F5
> Renata Cantilena, Eugenio La Rocca, Ulrico Pannuti: Le collezioni del Museo Nazionale di Napoli,
vol. I,2, Rome 1989 > pp. 138f., no. 209
> Marianne Gross, Max Kunze, Wolfram Maharam: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Sendschreiben
von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen. Herculanische Schriften I, ed. Max Kunze, Stephanie-Gerrit
Bruer, Mainz 1997 > p. 197
> Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Briefe, Entwürfe und Rezensionen zu den Herculanischen Schriften,
Herculanische Schriften III, ed. by Adolf H. Borbein, Max Kunze, Mainz 2001(Johann Joachim
Winckelmann, Schriften und Nachlaß II,2) > pp. 10, 117, 172, 296
> Mathias René Hofter, Axel Rügler, Adolf H. Borbein et al.: Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums,
Katalog der antiken Denkmäler, ed. by Adolf H. Borbein, Thomas W. Gaethgens, Johannes
Irmscher, Max Kunze, Mainz 2006 (Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Schriften und Nachlass IV.2) >
pp. 295f., no. 657
Comment
inserted:
Thomas Fröhlich
Volker Heenes
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