Price
£1800.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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Mid Century Stone Bust of Brutus, circa 1950.
After the antique. This bust conveys the character of Brutus his courage, strength, power, nobility, honour and conviction.
Fashioned after the circa 1539 statue of Brutus by Michelangelo, Bargello Museum in Florence.
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (circa 85-42):
Roman politician, murderer of Gaius Julius Caesar and one of the last defenders of the republic. Marcus Junius Brutus is one of the great names of Roman history. Central to the notorious conspiracy that resulted in the assassination of the dictator Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC, Brutus gave brief hope to those who longed for the restoration of republican government.
Yet by August of the same year he was on his way from Italy to the Greek east; a little over two years later he had committed suicide in the face of defeat at the hands of Mark Antony and Octavian at the Battle of Philippi. Civil war did not come to an end with the death of Brutus, but now it was merely a conflict between rival dynasts. The republican system was dead.
Dimensions
Height: 34 cm (13.39 in), Diameter: 20 cm (7.88 in)Condition report
Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use.The BADA Standard
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