Khan Academy: Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, 18th Century Russian Portrait Bust

In this video [2:43] Met curator Wolfram Koeppe on lasting monuments in Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, an 18th-century Russian portrait bust created by an anonymous artist, c. 1703-4. The pictorial program of this intriguing portrait reflects the sitter's meteoric rise as a military commander and his personal search for a pedigree. The oval reliefs show the Justice of Trajan, Alexander the Great, and Hephaestion at the tent of Darius.