Portrait of a Hierophant

Geoffrey Marchal

by Geoffrey Marchal
published on 03 April 2018

Portrait of a hierophant by Geoffrey Marchal on Sketchfab

Portrait of a hierophant (priest), circa 120-130, Athens, marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussles, Belgium). Made with Capturing Reality. Presumed portrait of the hierophant (high priest of Eleusian festivals) who initiated the emperor Hadrian to the mysteries of Eleusis. For more updates, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal.

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References

MusÃ©e du Cinquantenaire, accessed 3 Apr 2018.

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Marchal, G. (2018, April 03). Portrait of a Hierophant. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/206/portrait-of-a-hierophant/

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Marchal, Geoffrey. "Portrait of a Hierophant." World History Encyclopedia, April 03, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/206/portrait-of-a-hierophant/.

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Marchal, Geoffrey. "Portrait of a Hierophant." World History Encyclopedia, 03 Apr 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/206/portrait-of-a-hierophant/.