Bust of Alexander the Great

2nd century CE (Roman Imperial)

35.2 cm 32.6 cm 18.8 cm

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Starting from his base in Macedon in northern Greece, Alexander conquered the Persian Empire in 331 BCE and went on to forge an empire that ultimately stretched to India. He founded the city of Alexandria in that same year. His charismatic personality, his premature death at t...

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Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, by 1904 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Giovanni Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 39, no. 317, pl.xxxv; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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