Young Ptolemy
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Young Ptolemy
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Published 2022-08-11T10:27:28+00:00
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Bartolomeo Cavaceppi recognized in this monumental head a portrait of Ptolemy XIII, king of Egypt between 64 and 47 BC, belonging to the famous Ptolemaic dynasty. The young virile figure, with strongly idealized features, was variously identified in later times as an effigy of the lover of the emperor Hadrian, Antinous, or of the Greek god Apollo. of the telamon, a male figure that in architecture is used as a column.
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| Date published | 11/08/2022 |
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| Title | Young Ptolemy |
| Period | Imperial age |
| Medium | marble |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Torlonia Collection |
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