Head of Man with Uplifted Hammer from Trajan's Column - Item #751

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Head of Man with Uplifted Hammer from Trajan's Column - Item #7517 Inches High x 9 Inches Wide x 2 Inches Deep The 126 foot tall monument, known as Trajan's Column, commemorates the Roman Emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. Trajan himself commissioned it and the forum in which it stands. Its construction was most likely ordered by the Roman Senate and supervised by Apollodorus of Damascus. This piece comes from the bas relief frieze that spirals 23 times around the column. Although now we observe the

The figure

The relief is a Neo-Attic sculpture

Museum: National Library of France

As is evident here

Museum/Location: Académie de France

which refer to different ways of praising the Lord

such as the style of the sculptor Polykleitos

This bust is a portrait of the Greek playwright

A stylized head resembling the sculpture of Ancient Egypt

This copy doesn't extend as far to the left as the original

She wears the common chiton for ease of movement

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