Caligula (Facial Reconstruction) (Illustration)

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Illustration

by Daniel Voshart
published on 22 October 2020

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Caligula (Facial Reconstruction) — A photorealistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Caligula (r. 37-41 CE) may have looked like. Pictured alongside the reconstruction are the busts and statuary used as references. Louvre bust (top left) is the primary reference. The restored traces of polychromy from the New Carlsberg Gylototek is used as a reference for skin tone. The other references are the Met Museum bust (bottom left) and the Museum of Rome bust (bottom right).

Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence. Made using Photoshop and Artbreeder, a neural net tool.

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Original image by Daniel Voshart. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 22 October 2020 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Voshart, D. (2020, October 22). Caligula (Facial Reconstruction). Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/12982/

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Voshart, Daniel. "Caligula (Facial Reconstruction)." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 22, 2020. https://www.ancient.eu/image/12982/.

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Voshart, Daniel. "Caligula (Facial Reconstruction)." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 22 Oct 2020. Web. 04 Dec 2020.

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