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A modern marble Herm shaped bust of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. After a Roman sculpture, once displayed in Cardinal Albani’s villa, Rome. The Cardinal was friend and patron of Winckelmann, who used the Albani collection and library to develop his formative work 'The History and Art of Antiquity' (1764). The bust has a high forehead with subtly curved and furrowed brows. The hair sits in short wavy locks, thicker on the right side. The highly defined curls of the long beard group into sets of ringlets. The face is smooth and ageless. Fabric drapes over his back and left shoulder. The Greek letters ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ are inscribed along the right edge. Epicurus, son of a teacher from Samos, challenged traditional Greek attitudes to luxury, politics and religion.

Chiswick House

London

Title

Epicurus (341 BC–270 BC)

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 69 x W 35.5 x D 28 cm

Accession number

88003094

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

in Greek on right side: Επίκουρος (Epicurus)

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