#roman copy

hadrian6:

Statue of Nereide on Seahorse. Roman 1st.century. copy after Hellenistic original at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.      http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

philhelias:

Lycian Apollo. Roman copy (Imperial era) of a Greek original.

hadrian6:

Head of Discus Thrower. copy  after a Greek original. middle Imperial Period. Roman. marble.         http;//hadrian6.tumblr.com

Detail of an ancient Roman statue of Aphrodite (Venus), dated to the 1st century CE. Marble. A copy of an original Greek statue that would have dated to c. 430-420 BCE. Source: Sotheby’s.

Ancient Roman marble head of a youth, dated to the 1st century CE. The head is a Roman copy of an original Greek bronze of Polykleitos, which would have dated to the 5th century BCE. Part of the Belfer Collection situated in New York. Photo taken by Elie Posner. Source: Observer. 

Detail of an antique photograph of the Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd century CE Roman marble copy of an original Greek bronze that would have dated to the 4th century BCE. The photograph was taken by Joseph Spithöver on March 8, 1867, according to a handwritten note on the back.

TheApollo Belvedere is currently located in the Vatican Museums, and this photograph is part of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

mythologyofthepoetandthemuse:

Friday, day of the spirit of Aphrodite, the spirit of beauty and love.
The so called “Venus in bikini”, roman copy of greek original, found in Pompeii.