Portrait of Eudoxus

Classification

relief

Culture

Greek (culture); Roman

Dimensions

26.5 x 25 cm

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble analysis ; Pentelic marble

Iconography

male figure ; himation ; mantle ; scroll

Findspot

Rome (city)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4778

Hyp-417

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 66; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 74

Eudoxos of Knidos, the famous astronomer, is represented with a long beard, wearing a mantle and holding a parchment scroll in his left hand – the usual attributes of intellectuals. The relief was found in Rome, together with two other pieces from the series. We do not know if they arrived there as war-booty, or were made by a Greek artist working in Rome.

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

Trails

Hellenistic sculpture

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.