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Well... I'm not sure that counts, since court sculptors are going to make him look as good as possible, even at the expense of realism. Remember how Oliver Cromwell had to insist on being portrayed "warts and all"?

(Yes, the quote itself is probably apocryphal, but his painting did show blemishes in a way that wasn't typical for VIP portraiture.)

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In the republican era realism was prized. Politicians wanted their portraits more warts and all to make them seem like one of the people.

In the Imperial era propaganda changed and sculpture started becoming more abstract to make politicians seem more perfect and indestructible.

Cleopatras portraits are probably idealized. Caesar’s are probably fairly accurate.

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