Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bust of the Ludovisi Cicero depicts a sculpture of a man with a bald head, showing forehead, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, and chin. The sculpture is made of dark gray stone with lighter gray and brown spots and lines. The man wears a garment draped over his shoulders and chest. He is shown from the waist up. The sculpture sits on a short, round base made of reddish-brown stone with white lines. The base has a wide bottom and a narrow top. The background is dark grey and gets lighter toward the bottom. A shadow falls to the left. The overall posture of the sculpture shows the man looking to his right.