Cleomenes (sculptor III)
Cleomenes was an ancient Greek sculptor from Athens .
He is only known for his signature on the statue of Marcellus , which is now in the Louvre in Paris and was previously called Germanicus . The statue depicts Marcellus (42-23 BC), Augustus ' nephew , in the Hermes Ludovisi type with his right hand raised and a turtle at his side. However, the identification of the statue with Marcellus is not certain.
The turtle bears the artist's signature of the artist:
- ΚΛΕΟΜΕΝΗΣ
- ΚΛΕΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ
- ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΣΕ
- ΠΟΙΗΣΕΝ
- ("Cleomenes, the son of Cleomenes from Athens")
Kleomenes could be the son of the in the 1st half of the 1st century BC. . AD in Rome sculptor working Kleomenes and descendant of the sculptor Cleomenes have been, as sons often the same profession as their fathers exercised; it is possibly a family of sculptors working in Rome who specialized in copying Greek sculptures.
literature
- Ludwig Urlichs : Cleomenes . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , 1867 ( online at Wikisource )
- Christiane Vorster : Cleomenes IV . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , pp. 415-416.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleomenes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |