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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Copy of Lysippos
Description	English: Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Alexander the Great called Hermes Azara. Bears the inscription: "Alexander [the Great], son of Philip, [king of] Macedonia." Copy of the Imperial Roman Era (1st or 2nd century CE) of a bronze sculpture made by Lysippos. Found in Tivoli, East of Rome, Italy. Pentelic marble, region of Athens. Français : Pilier hermaïque d'Alexandre le Grand, connu sous le nom d'« Hermès Azara ». Inscription : « Alexandre [le Grand], fils de Philippe, [roi de] Macédoine. » Copie romaine d'époque impériale (Ier-IIe siècle av. J.-C.) d'une sculpture en bronze de Lysippe. Découvert à Tivoli, près de Rome. Marbre du Péntélique, de la région d'Athènes.
Dimensions	H. 68 cm (26 ¾ in.)
Credit line	Former collection of Feliz de Azara; given to Napoléon Bonaparte; gift of N. Nonaparte to the Louvre, 1803
Accession number	Ma 436 (MR 405)
Location	Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Photographer/source	Eric Gaba (User:Sting), July 2005

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