In the context of this artwork, discuss the Identifying Antinous of the Description.
There are three styles in which Antinous is traditionally depicted: the Mondragone style, the Egyptianizing style, and the Haupttypus style. The Haupttypus style is also known as the main or original style because it is the most popular style of Antinous sculpture. The Farnese sculpture falls within the Haupttypus style. Within the Haupttypus style there are two variations, the first Haupttypus variation depicts Antinous with a curl over his brow, and the other does without it.By sculpting Antinous with consistent conventions artists could delineate Antinous from other Greek mythological figures. The body and face of this sculpture are in idealized youth, with plump cheeks and round face, and his hair is usually unkempt. Antinous's hair has also been described as artificial looking, even wig-like, because of how similar the placement of his hair is across statues. His youthful appearance, large eyes, pouting lips, and layered locks of hair over his forehead are some of the iconography that can be used to identify him. The iconography of Antinous' appearance is so steady across mediums that portraits of Antinous on coins were used in attributing this sculpture as himself. This uniformity, particularly in the uniform layout of his curled locks, implies this portrait was made en masse for artists in the Roman empire to make further copies of.
The extensive deification of Antinous as a cult figure has made his likeness the third most common recovered portrait type from Classical Antiquity, following portrait recoveries from Augustus and Hadrian. Despite the large quantity of Antinous statues available for viewing, art historians do not actually know what Antinous looks like because of how heavily he is idealized in his portraits.  It was expected that Antinous be sculpted as a deity rather than a man, and by conforming to those standards, it's unknown whether this marble depiction of him, or any depiction of him, is accurate or not.
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