Living Poets

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'''Image''': Modena, Museo Estense, no. 2121.

'''Object description''': Inscribed miniature bust, in bronze.  Beard of short thick locks.  Hair radiating from crown; fringe parted over centre of forehead and tucked under poetic fillet.  Cloak visible on left shoulder.  Wrinkles on forehead, and eyes appear partly closed.

'''Object Archaeology''': Find-site unknown.  Collection history (after Richter 1965): Villa Catajo; Modena; Vienna; Modena, Museo Estense.

'''Dimensions''': Height: 13.5cm

'''Inscriptions''': ΟΜΗΡΟC (“Homer”)

'''Restorations''': None

'''Examples in major collections''' (after Richter 1965 with updates): 

*Modena, Museo Estense, no. 2121.
*Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inv. 8091.


==Bibliography==

Boehringer, R. B. and Boehringer, E. 1939. ''Homer Bildnisse und Nachweise''. Breslau. 131-135.

Richter, G. M. A. 1965. ''The Portraits of the Greeks'' (vol. 1). London. 48.

Richter, G. M. A. and Smith, R. R. R. 1984. ''The Portraits of the Greeks''. Cornell. 141-42.

Schefold, K. and Bayard, A.-C. 1997. ''Die Bildnisse der Antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker''. Basel. 356-57.