Head of Plato

Ancient Greece, 370BCE
Head of Plato, Ancient Greece
Head of Plato, zoomed in
35 cmHead of Plato scale comparison

Head of Plato is an Ancient Greek Marble Sculpture created in 370BCE. It lives at the Glyptothek Museum in Germany. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Sculpture and Heads. SourceSee Head of Plato in the Kaleidoscope

This head of Plato is a copy after a sculpture by the Greek sculptor, Silanion. In c. 370 BCE, Silanion was commissioned by the Persian general Mithridates to create the idealized portrait for the Academy of Athens.

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