Capitoline Brutus
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The Capitoline Brutus is an ancient Roman bronze bust traditionally but probably wrongly thought to be an imagined portrait of the Roman consul Lucius Junius Brutus. The bust has long been dated to the late 4th to early 3rd centuries BC, but is perhaps as late as the 2nd century BC, or early 1st century BC.
"Capitoline Brutus", bronze portrait head, glass-inlaid bone eyes, late 4th to early 3rd centuries BC, on a 16th-century bronze bust
Portrait of Lucius Junius Brutus on a denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus minted in 54 BC.
Image: Capitoline Brutus Sala dei Trionfi Palazzo dei Conservatori Musei Capitolini Rome 2016
Image: Capitoline Brutus Musei Capitolini MC1183 03
Bust (sculpture)
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A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is generally a portrait intended to record the appearance of an individual, but may sometimes represent a type. They may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta, plaster, wax or wood.
Bust of Nefertiti; c. 1345 BC; limestone and plaster; height: 48 cm, width: 20 cm; Neues Museum, Berlin , Germany.
Lady of Elche (limestone, Iberian, 4th century BC)
Pericles with the Corinthian helmet (marble, Roman after a Greek original, c. 430 BC)
Bronze bust of Lucius Junius Brutus, the Capitoline Brutus (late 4th century BC to early 3rd century BC)