Marble Portrait Of Empor Antoni

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Marble portrait of empor antoni.

Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. The piece is poorly preserved and fragmentary. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art.

19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161. 2 018 views 177 downloads. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.

His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. At the beginning of his reign in a d. Adler memorial fund reference number 1979 350 extended information about this artwork. This fragmentary head comes from an over life sized portrait bust or statue of lucius verus co emperor with marcus aurelius r.

Antoninus pius ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n aɪ n ə s ˈ p aɪ ə s. A 27 centimetre tall 11 in marble head portrait in the palmyra museum inv. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. The hair begins on the centre top of the head with long sparse strands which are carved flat and held by a diadem.

Born into a senatorial family antoninus held various offices during the reign of emperor hadrian who adopted him as his son and successor. Download this stock image. The metropolitan museum of art new york city united states. Marble portrait of the emperor antonius pius published 2016 11 15t17 21 43 00 00.

B 459 1662 apparently was part of a life sized statue. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius ca. Titus aelius hadrianus antoninus augustus pius.

138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. Knm1k9 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors. 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.

Learn more about this artwork. Marble portrait of the co emperor lucius verus a d. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted. He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty.

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