1. THE
PATRICIAN CARRYING BUSTS

2. The Patrician and His Busts
Date: End 1st Century BC – Beginning 1st Century AD
Height: 1.65m - life size?
Material: Marble
Style: Verism / Veristic
What influenced this style? Hellenistic (Greek) sculpting techniques.
Historical Background

3. Subject Matter - The Patrician and His Busts
1. Patrician Carrying Busts
A scar in the neck of the main figure shows the head is not original
The head of the ancestor in the left hand is in the style of 50BC, therefore thought to be his Grandfather.
The ancestor in the patrician’s right hand is possibly his father, as the bust is in the style of ca.40-30BC
The number of busts carried signifies the length of time the family have been Patricians – only they could have busts made

4. The Veristic Style Verism is shown in all 3 figures:
Baldness - ‘father’s’ hair is brushed forward.
Sunken Cheeks
Sizable Ears
Bulbous nose
Bags under eyes.
Wrinkles
Thin lips

5. Drapery Highlight: Irregular Folds in toga Leg visible through toga
Natural fall of cloth from body
Thickness/quality of material shown by heavy folds

6. Other stuff
Mood?
Toga?
Date palm?

7. OTHER PATRICIANS