Caligula (Artistic Facial Reconstruction of Met Portrait) (Illustration)

Illustration

by Daniel Voshart
published on 22 October 2020

Caligula (Artistic Facial Reconstruction of Met Portrait) — A photorealistic representation of what the Roman emperor Caligula (r. 37-41 CE) may have looked like, based on an idealized marble portrait bust from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Made using Photoshop and Artbreeder, a neural net tool.

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References

Marble portrait bust of the emperor Gaius, known as Caligula, accessed 23 Oct 2020.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Voshart, D. (2020, October 22). Caligula (Artistic Facial Reconstruction of Met Portrait). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12983/caligula-artistic-facial-reconstruction-of-met-por/

Chicago Style

Voshart, Daniel. "Caligula (Artistic Facial Reconstruction of Met Portrait)." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 22, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12983/caligula-artistic-facial-reconstruction-of-met-por/.

MLA Style

Voshart, Daniel. "Caligula (Artistic Facial Reconstruction of Met Portrait)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 22 Oct 2020. Web. 11 Feb 2025.