Attempted realistic models of Roman emperors and empresses

I didn't see that one! Is there another link? I'm guessing Nero, because he apparently had blond hair, plus the profile looks right.

 

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Yeah! That's him! I forgot about the blond hair, I thought that was pretty cool! I found it on a google image search, poke around here for some pics...

https://www.theaterakademie.de/serv...detail&cHash=3c7743ae5e6c92e1d1a08e359d381535

 

I went to the website for this theater/academy and they do have a Septimius Severus reproduction! It's a small image but from what I can see it looks very well done:


https://www.theaterakademie.de/maskenbild.html

 

You beat me to it @TIF ! A profile view of SS..

http://www.muenzenwoche.de/de/News/Antike-Charakterkoepfe-neu-in-Szene-gesetzt/4?&id=5058

I think they got Faustina II pretty well also! I guess who she was right away.

 

Here is the painted portrait of Severus and Domna...for comparison

 

Interesting post. The following celebrity/emperor resemblances are rather striking:

Marcus Aurelius = Donald Sutherland
Alexander Severus = Eminem

If you do a Google "Image" search you can see examples. Too bad Sutherland wasn't cast for Gladiator.

 

Gladiator is airing at 4:30 PST on Starz, I'm DVRing it right now.

 

That's some incredible work! I really like the Domna and Severus but find Hadrian's hair a little off. If I put a hand over the hair, I think the resemblance is quite reasonable. Marcus Aurelius seems to be the least believable to me. I'm not seeing much of MA's characteristic thin, well-defined eyebrows, narrow nose bridge and heavy-lidded eyes in the model.

 

Nero looks an awful lot like young Trump...coincidence???

 

I did not want to be the first to say it, but I noticed the similarity right away.

Coincidence? I don’t care.

 

I agree with you - the reconstructed painted statuary does seem very garish. Our modern view of seeing them as severe, non embellished pieces is mainly derived from the 18th century studies by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 1717-1768, and his contemporaries. Of course, their earlier discoveries during the Renaissance, leading to the wonderful marbles of 16th-17th European sculptors add to our misinformed viewpoint.

 

Very interesting thread, thanks @TIF!