South procession. Detail: Antonia Minor, Drusus and a female figure in the background
Marble.13—9 BCE. Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
South procession. Detail: Antonia Minor, Drusus and a female figure in the background.
Marble.
13—9 BCE.
13—9 BCE.
Rome, Museum of the Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae)
(Roma, Museo dell’Ara Pacis).
Description:
This character in the background, with her forefinger on her lips in a gesture of respectful silence, has recently been interpreted (La Rocca 2002) as an allusion to Drusus’ death in 9 BC, the year when the altar was completed. The veiled woman would therefore represent a moving post eventum homage to the untimely death of the young soldier.
Credits:
© 2007. Photo, text: O. Rossini. Ara Pacis. Rome, Electa, 2007, p. 71.
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south southern frieze
female figure
veil veiled head capite velato
wreath
