The Digital Sculpture Project

Provenience: Small bust in the Naples National Archaeological Museum (inv. 5465).

Provenance: Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: Height 12 cm (head), 20 cm (with base)

Note: The base is inscribed with Epicurus' name in Greek.

State: The bust is well preserved.

Bibliography:

• M. Beard and J. Henderson, Classical Art: From Greece to Rome, 2001, figure 64.
• G.M.A. Richter, Portraits of the Greeks, volume 2 (Phaidon: London, 1965) 196 with figures 1175–77.

Engravings:

F. Cepparoli, 1766	Baumeister, 1885