Marble portrait of the emperor antonius pius published 2016 11 15t17 21 43 00 00.
Marble portrait of empor antoni.
His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted.
The piece is poorly preserved and fragmentary.
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Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.
His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian.
This fragmentary head comes from an over life sized portrait bust or statue of lucius verus co emperor with marcus aurelius r.
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B 459 1662 apparently was part of a life sized statue.
Adler memorial fund reference number 1979 350 extended information about this artwork.
A 27 centimetre tall 11 in marble head portrait in the palmyra museum inv.
There is also the polychrome painting on an ancient sculpture portrait of emperor caligula 37 41 ad marble ny carlsberg glyptotek copenhagen.
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Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.
19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161.
He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty.
At the beginning of his reign in a d.
Born into a senatorial family antoninus held various offices during the reign of emperor hadrian who adopted him as his son and successor.
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Marble portrait of the co emperor lucius verus a d.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.
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.
138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he.
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.
The hair begins on the centre top of the head with long sparse strands which are carved flat and held by a diadem.
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Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.
Antoninus pius ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n aɪ n ə s ˈ p aɪ ə s.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.
Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.
Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius ca.