Huge bust of a head

[jtw1313]

Who is it

 

[DizzyDigger]

Some ancient Roman dude?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Greek not Roman IMO

 

[SkaBa]

Alexander the Greek (the Great)?

 

[DizzyDigger]

jtw: Meant no offense with the "Ancient Roman dude" comment...I looked
at it, and that was the first description that came to mind.

Now, after looking at about a gazillion ancient busts, I'd have to go
with SkaBa's Alexander the Great, King David (the Bible guy) or
Demetrius I of Macedon.

Looks a lot like King David, only the lips are a bit more pronounced on
your version.

 

[jtw1313]

Dizzy digger I only made a comment to bradyboy because he has been trashing my other threads......... It had nothing to do with you or anyone else..... You guys can look at his other posts on my threads.......prob should of posted it near one of his other post so people understand

 

[jewelerguy]

looking at some pictures of Roman busts on the net, I found one very similar with a similar head band and it was attributed as 'Roman bust of an athlete'

 

[Jason in Enid]

It could be absolutely anyone. Without an inscription, it's anybody's guess. I have to wonder what it matters? Unless it's an ancient sculpture, then it's just plaster.

 

[jtw1313]

In that case what would anything matter here on the tnet lol

 

[coinman123]

Very hard to pinpoint who it is of, considering the huge amount of people it could be. And artists' portrayals can have discrepancies between each other, especially when there are no photographs of that person. I hope someone gets it though.

 

[coinman123]

Also, what is it made out of, how old does it look? Victorian? Newer? Ancient even .


Edit: Here are three different busts of the same person, Brutus, notice the difference in each bust. Age of subject plays a big part.

 

[jtw1313]

Not ancient that's for sure lol. Not sure what it is made out of it's really heavy though

 

[coinman123]

Not ancient that's for sure lol. Not sure what it is made out of it's really heavy though

Natural material or some type of plaster? Is it cast/machine made, or hand carved?

 

[jtw1313]

I believe it is a cast but I'm not positive and I think some sort of plaster

 

[coinman123]

It looks 19th century to me, ancient style busts were pretty popular in that time. People had a fascination with Greek and Roman culture then, similar to the ancient Egypt fascination after the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1915. Very hard to tell who it is depicting, I recommend you Email an expert in the field of Roman or Greek history. I don't know much other than basic ancient history. Good luck!

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks coinman123

 

[Deftone]

If someone is bugging you click their name go into profile and hit ignore. That way you don't have to threaten to leave this great site.

 

[jtw1313]

One of the mods seen the posts so I'm confident it will stop

 

[Deftone]

Well, you were doing into his threads doing the same thing. Just saying.

 

[jtw1313]

Only after he called me out on things that he claims I was doing.......I only pointed out the obvious all the post are dated and time stamped