Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero (1600s or later): Art, History and Details
Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1600s or later, marble. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero (1600s or later) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This work is a variant on the so-called Ludovisi Cicero, a bust in the Uffizi, Florence, that was long-believed to represent the famous Roman orator, but in fact appears to represent an unknown intellectual from the late Roman Republic or early Empire. This interpretation may date as late as the 20th century, and may have been assembled from separate parts.
Object facts
- Title: Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero
- Date: 1600s or later
- Culture: Italy
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: marble
- Dimensions: Overall: 67.4 x 66.4 x 25.4 cm (26 9/16 x 26 1/8 x 10 in.)
- Collection: Sculpture
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession number: 1916.1004
Collection credit
The Holden Collection
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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