Head of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, 356-323 BC
Head of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, 356-323 BC. Bust of a young bare-headed man with curly hair. From a cornelian gem, possibly used an amulet. Alexander Macedo in Corneola. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti's Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750
Picture No
14014378
Media ID
45826641
Size
4808px x 5979px
(5.7MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Italian school





























