Marble Portrait Of Empor Antoni

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Marble portrait of empor antoni.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. Portrait head of emperor hadrian origin italy date 130 ce 200 ce medium marble dimensions 36 27 5 27 3 cm 14 1 4 10 7 8 10 3 4 in credit line katherine k. Born into a senatorial family antoninus held various offices during the reign of emperor hadrian who adopted him as his son and successor. The hair begins on the centre top of the head with long sparse strands which are carved flat and held by a diadem.

At the beginning of his reign in a d. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. 2 018 views 177 downloads. Marble portrait of the co emperor lucius verus a d. At the beginning of his reign verus was sent to the east to direct military.

138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. B 459 1662 apparently was part of a life sized statue. 19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. Scan the world north america new york metropolitan museum of art. He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty. Titus aelius hadrianus antoninus augustus pius.

Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. Marble portrait of the emperor antonius pius published 2016 11 15t17 21 43 00 00. This fragmentary head comes from an over life sized portrait bust or statue of lucius verus co emperor with marcus aurelius r. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius ca.

Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. A 27 centimetre tall 11 in marble head portrait in the palmyra museum inv. Learn more about this artwork. Knm1k9 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.

Adler memorial fund reference number 1979 350 extended information about this artwork. Download this stock image. For instance one marble portrait preserves not only the image of caligula but also traces of paint informing us of the existence of this condemned emperor. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

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