That which is really beautiful has no need of anything, not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty...Is such a thing as an emerald made worse than it was, if it is not praised? Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 4.
Antinous, Antonine Period, 130 CE, at The Louvre. The eyes and the attribute on the top of the head (uraeus or lotus flower?) were added on later. The bust was inserted into a body of a different material. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Marie-Lan Nguyen.
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