Gaius Julius Caesar. Fragment of the statue
Total height of statue 3.1 m.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Senatorio
Gaius Julius Caesar. Fragment of the statue.
Total height of statue 3.1 m.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Senatorio
(Roma, Musei capitolini, Palazzo Senatorio).
Origin:
LOCALITA’ DI RITROVAMENTO Bernoulli pag. 155: « Als Fundort wird das Forum Caesars angegeben ». Bernoulli pag. 170: « Zunächst vielleicht ihres angeblichen Fundorts (Forum Caesaris) wegen, dessen Authenticität wir allerdings nicht prüfen können ». Scott pag. 83 : « It was in possession of Bishop Rufini of Melfi about 1562 ». Stuart Jones, pag. 2: « The provenance is unknown. Maffei’s conjecture that it came from the Forum of Caesar is not supported by evidence ». Ashmole, Forgeries pag. 5: « Round about 1800 a visitor to Rome who asked to see a portrait of Julius Caesar would be taken to the Capitol, and there shown a cuirassed statue, which stands and has stood since at least 1692 in a niche in the first portico of the Palazzo dei Conservatori facing the Cortile».
Literature:
Clarac, 912 B 2318 A.
J. J. Bernoulli, Römische Ikonographie, vol. 1 (Stuttgart, 1882), No. 2, pl. 14.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 38, pl. 20 c, d.
Ch. Hülsen, Das Skizzenbuch des Giovannantonio Dosio (Berlin, 1933), p. 32, pl. 90.
J. J. Bernoulli, Römische Ikonographie, vol. 1 (Stuttgart, 1882), No. 2, pl. 14.
F. Johansen, «Antichi ritratti di C. Giulio Cesare nella scultura», Analecta Romana Instituti Danici 4 (Copenhagen, 1967), p. 38, pl. 20 c, d.
Ch. Hülsen, Das Skizzenbuch des Giovannantonio Dosio (Berlin, 1933), p. 32, pl. 90.
Credits:
© 1987. Photo, text: Johansen F. S. «Portraits in Marble of Gaius Julius Caesar: a Review». Ancient Portraits in the J. Paul Getti Museum. Vol. I. 1987, p. 28, 32.
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