PORTRAITURE
I. Republican Men
 
Head of an old man
c. 40 BC
marble, 30 cm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung
Dresden, Germany (inv. no. Herrmann 367)
Portrait of an old man
c. 50-30 BC
marble, 34 x 19 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. no. 1991.534)

II. Republican Women
 

III. Men of the Empire
Head of Augustus (r. 27 BC-14 AD)
before 14 AD
marble, 36 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Head and Bust of Livia with young Tiberius standing at her side
1st c. BC-1st c. AD
cameo (carved gem), 3.1 cm. x 3.8 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (inv. no. 99.109)
Do you see a family resemblance?
Bust of Caligula (r. 37-41 AD)
c. 65 AD
marble
Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
 
Newly wed Nero and Octavia
1st c. AD
sardonyx cameo, 4.8 cm in length
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (inv. no. 98.754)
Head of Titus, profile to right, laureate
emerald, oval intaglio, 1.6 cm in hight
Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (inv. no. 98.741)

Equestrian Statue of the Emperor Nerva (r. 96-98 AD)
1st century AD (end)
bronze mounted on wood
Museo Archaeologico, Naples, Italy
Bust of Trajan (r. 98-117)
98-117 AD
marble, 68 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Bust of Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD)
117-138 AD
marble, 74 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Trivia fact: In the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley kills Freddie with a bust of Hadrian.
Full-length statue of Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161)
c. 140 AD
marble, 216 cm
Staatliche Kunstsammlunger, Skulpturensammlung
Dresden, Germany (inv. no. Herrmann 383)
Bust of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 AD)
161-170 AD
marble, 91 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

II. Women of the Empire
 

 

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