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Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Title
Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus
Collection

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

Personalities -- A-Z

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1569 (Inferred)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC-WON P. A-Z
Topics
Busts
Historians
Greeks -- To 499
Thucydides
Genres
Portraits
Notes
Content: Includes lines of verse in Latin.
Content: Thucydides was a Greek historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War. This image depicts a double headed bust that includes portraits of Thucydides, a scientific historian, and Herodotus, the father of history.
Source note: From Inlustrium viror vt exstant in vrbe expressi vultus.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: Plate mark 21.9 x 14.6 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c407ad0-c5bf-012f-67b7-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1569: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1569. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-4788-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-4788-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1569). Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-4788-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Double-headed bust of Thucydides and Herodotus