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227: 255: 226: 254: 185:, from about the same period. These nearly life-like portraits allow to define a date for early portraiture which is much earlier than had been previously thought. The first truly individualistic portrait is often considered to be the 470 BCE portrait of 398:"A rare silver fraction recently identified as a coin of Themistocles from Magnesia even has a bearded portrait of the great man, making it by far the earliest datable portrait coin. Other early portraits can be seen on the coins of Lycian dynasts." 29: 532: 522: 537: 248:, Italy. The lost original of this bust, dated to circa 470 BC, has been described as "the first true portrait of an individual European". 517: 200:
The Herakleia head is also an important marker for the depiction of Satraps in the period. In particular, the banned Athenian general
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rather than a Persian. The statue is made of marble, and was probably made by a Greek sculptor. The sculpture has been dated to
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The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece: Religion, Society and Artistic Rationalisation
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on some of his coins (circa 465-459 BCE). This possibly reflects the headwear of Achaemenid
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style, is one of the two known forerunners of extant Greek portraits, together with the
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CAHN, HERBERT A.; GERIN, DOMINIQUE (1988). "Themistocles at Magnesia".
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CAHN, HERBERT A.; GERIN, DOMINIQUE (1988). "Themistocles at Magnesia".
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CAHN, HERBERT A.; GERIN, DOMINIQUE (1988). "Themistocles at Magnesia".
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as ruler of Magnesia, and continue with the nearby rulers of
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with a realistic likeliness. This Eastern portrait in purely
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The Herakliea head is considered as an early attempt towards
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Index


Achaemenid Empire
Marble
Karadeniz Eregli
Zonguldak
Turkey
Ankara
Ankara Province
Turkey
Achaemenid
Asia Minor
Heraclea
Bithynia
Turkey
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Ankara
Satrap
Darius I
Asia Minor
Late Archaic
portraiture
East Greek
Archaic
Sabouroff head
Sabouroff head
Themistocles
Themistocles
Lycia
Themistocles
Magnesia

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