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English: Copy after Lysippos
Français : Copie d'après Lysippe
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English: Modern Latin inscription on the left side of the Azara Herm representing Alexander the Great: “ALEX・M / SIGNVM・IN・TIBURTINO / PISONVM・EFFOSSUM / MDCCLXXIX / IOS・N・AZARA・REST・C” (“This representation of Alexander the Great, discovered in 1779 in the Pisoni (Villa), was restored thanks to Joseph Nicholas Azara”). Pentelic marble, Attic copy of the 1st-2nd century CE after a Greek original of the late 4th century BC.
Français : Inscription moderne en latin sur le côté gauche de l'Hermès Azara représentant Alexandre le Grand : « Cette effigie d'Alexandre le Grand, découverte en 1779 dans (la villa des) Pisons, a été restaurée grâce aux soins de Joseph Nicolas Azara. » Marbre du Pentélique, copie attique du Ier-IIe siècle ap. J.-C. d'après un original de la fin du IVe siècle avt J.-C.
Dimensions H. 68 cm (26 ¾ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Ma 436 (MND 405)
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Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 6
Credit line Former Azara Collection; given to Napoleon I, who gave it in turn to the Louvre in 1803
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2007)

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