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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA ROUNDEL WITH PORTRAIT HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN HIGH RELIEF
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF MONSIEUR FRANÇOIS ANTONOVICH "It is my passion for art which inspired me to create the present collection of Alexander the Great, based on the divine effigies of the Macedonian conqueror. This collection illustrates my ideals of eternity and beauty examined in depth in my books Les Métamorphoses divines d'Alexandre and Où se trouve, dites-moi, le tombeau d'Alexandre? The recent excavations of the Macedonian royal tombs in Vergina in northern Greece, and the French underwater excavations around the Pharos of Alexandria, have ignited interest once again in Alexander. In the past he was worshipped by the Greeks, Egyptians and Persians, taking on the divine attributes of the different gods of the subjugated people - Zeus-Amun, Herakles, Dionysos and Helios. Invulnerable as he led his army into battle, he was immortalised by the great sculptors (Leochares and Lysippos), painters (Apelles) and gem-engravers (Pyroteles) of the age; the philosopher Aristotle, mentor and tutor to Alexander, is also forever associated with the name of the divine hero. This long journey, now at its end, has encouraged me to pass on to new connoisseurs the joy and enthusiasm these immortal portraits have inspired in me for half a century. My love for Alexander, this Apollo of art and enlightenment, symbol of youth and love, has been a constant companion." François Antonovich (Scholar and collector) Diplômé de l'Ecole du Louvre and Lauréat de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts Bibliography: F. Antonovich, Les Métamorphoses divines d'Alexandre, Paris, 1996. C-G. Schwentzel, Images d'Alexandre et des Ptolémées, Paris, 1999. F. Antonovich, Où se trouve, dites-moi, le tombeau d'Alexandre?, Paris, 2000.
A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA ROUNDEL WITH PORTRAIT HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN HIGH RELIEF

3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA ROUNDEL WITH PORTRAIT HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN HIGH RELIEF
3RD CENTURY B.C.
The deified ruler shown in classic pose with head turned upwards and slightly back to his right, his gaze held aloft, his face sensitively modelled with full mouth, arched and furrowed brow framed by long flowing locks, mounted
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
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