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small bronze head of Alexander the Great
£325.00
A bronze bust after a marble original in the Akropolis Museum, Athens. It was most probably produced by the sculptor Leochares immediately after Alexander's arrival in Athens after the Battle of Chaironeia in 338BC. Height including base: 23cm
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about the bronzes in this collection
The bronze pieces are cast in Greece using the traditional lost wax method. As nothing is mass-produced, there will inevitably be slight variations in texture, patina, and colour. No two pieces are ever the same. If mounted on a marble base, it will be a black or very dark grey base. There may be a variation of some millimetres in the dimensions of the base from time to time. It's All Greek is so grateful and so proud to have been working closely with the Semitekolo family foundry since 1999. It has been a privilege and a joy to handle, live with, and photograph these gorgeous pieces and to pass them on to customers all over the world. |
about this head of Alexander
The original, in Pentelic marble, now in the Akropolis Museum in Athens, was created by the sculptor Leochares in or after 338 BCE, shortly after the Battle of Chaironeia.
It was found in 1886 near the Erechtheion on the Akropolis, and it depicts Alexander in his late teens or even at 20, as he would have been during this his only visit to Athens.
Typical features in portraiture of Alexander include the deep set eyes, the slight upward glance, the half-open lips, and the characteristic hairstyle with luscious curls. On the original there are traces of red paint which suggest a base coat before the application of what would have been a rich golden colour. He may even have been wearing a wreath.
Leochares also made other portraits of Alexander at the Panhellenic sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi.