Alexander's Portraits

Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the Indus. In the second half of his reign, he had to find a way to rule his newly conquered countries. Therefore, he made Babylon his capital and introduced the oriental court ceremonial, which caused great tensions with his Macedonian and Greek officers.

Portraits of Alexander the Great

The portrait that is usually considered as the most acurate, is the Azara Herm. It is supposed to be based on a portrait by Lysippus.

The Azara herm

Lysippus' Portrait

Here are some copies of another bust of Alexander, also identified as the one made by Lysippus.

Copy of Lysippus' Alexander

Pergamon, Portrait of Alexander the Great

Lysippus' Alexander

Giannitsa, Portrait of Alexander the Great

Coins and Medaillons

Alexander the Great, coin by Lysimachus	Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander with diadem	Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander, with the abduction Europa on his helmet	Abukir, Medaillon of Alexander with the zodiac on his shield
Coin from Byblos: Heracles-Melqart with the features of Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great with a lion's skin	Macedonian cavalry attacking an Indian elephant

Busts

Delos, Portrait of Alexander the Great	Athens, Acropolis, Portrait of Alexander the Great	The Rondanini Alexander	Rhodes, Portrait of Alexander the Great as Helios
Alexander the Great (Stuttgart)	Pella, Statue of Alexander the Great as Pan	Priene, Alexander	Rhodes, Portrait of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great	Praeneste, Portrait of Alexander the Great	Athens, Kerameikos, Alexander with a Lion's Pelt	Cameo of Alexander and Olympias
Aphrodisias, Shield portrait of Alexander the Great	Alexander with an Elephant's Scalp	Alexander the Great with an elephant's skin	Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great	Italica, Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great
Alexandria, Alexander the Great	Alexander as Kosmokrator	Amisus, Alexander as kosmokrator

Free-standing sculpture

The Albani Alexander	Cyrene, Trajanic Baths, Alexander the Great	Alexander, Statuette from Lower Egypt	Alexander the Great
Alexandria, Alexander the Great (part of a group with Hephaestion)	Alexander the Great	Alexandria, Alexander the Great as City Founder	Alexander after Chaeronea ("Rondanini Alexander"). Part of a triumphal statue of king Philip
Athribis, Alexander on horseback with an elephant's skin	Begram, Alexander on horseback	Alexander (bronze figurine)