Bust of a Man - Item #723

  22 Inches High x 11.5 Inches Wide x 9.5 Inches Deep It is unconfirmed in the field of art history as to who this bust represents. Contenders are the Greek poet Aratus (315 BCE-240 BCE), the Macedonian officer and king Lysimachus (c. 360 BCE-281 BCE), and the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes (384 BCE-322 BCE).   Museum: National Archaeological Museum, Naples Time Period: Ancient Greek 1911 Catalog ID # - 4047   Sources: "Bust of a Man (after the antique)." The J. Paul Getty Museum, http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1161/joseph-wilton-bust-of-a-man-after-the-antique-english-1758/.  The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Aratus." Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aratus-Greek-poet. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Lysimachus." Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lysimachus. Murphy, James J. "Demosthenes." Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demosthenes-Greek-statesman-and-orato