Marble bust of the Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis. Roman copy after a Greek original (4th cent. BCE)
Marble bust of the Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis. Roman copy after a Greek original (4th cent. BCE) made by the sculptor Bryaxis for the Serapeum in Alexandria. Now in the Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican City. -- source link
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