Likely a 19th Century copy of the Roman marble bust of Lysimachus, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. This is then a copy after an Hellenistic Original.
On display?
Yes
Further description
Simple name
Sculpture
Lysimachus
Italian
Marble, probably eighteenth century
Lysimachus (361/2– 282/1 BC) was an ancient Macedonian officer and a successor of Alexander the Great. After pronouncing himself king in 306 BC, he ruled over Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia. This is a copy of an ancient bust in the Museum of Antiquities, Naples.
F46 Bequest of Frederick Harrison, 1923
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