Chiaramonti Caesar

The Chiaramonti Caesar is one of the two accepted portraits of Julius Caesar from before the age of the Roman Empire, alongside the Tusculum portrait.^[1][2] The bust has influenced the iconography of Caesar and given the name to the Chiaramonti-Pisa type, one of the two main types of facial portraits that can be seen of Caesar in modern days.^[3]

The Chiaramonti Caesar

The bust is part of the collection of the Vatican Museums.^[4]

See also

• Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar
• Julius Caesar (Andrea Ferrucci), an Italian Renaissance bust modeled on the Chiaramonti Caesar
• Arles bust, possible third lifelike Caesar portrait