Head of Augustus from Ariccia
Italian fine-grained marble.Ca. 40 CE.
Height 43.3 cm. Inv. No. 99.344.Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Head of Augustus from Ariccia.
Italian fine-grained marble.
Ca. 40 CE.
Height 43.3 cm.
Ca. 40 CE.
Height 43.3 cm.
Inv. No. 99.344.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
Origin:
By 18th century: found at Ariccia, near Rome, between 1787 and 1796;
by 1845: collection of Cardinal Despuig, Archbishop of Valencia, at Raxa, near Palma, island of Majorca;
1899: acquired from Lorenzo Rossello y Rosselli by E. P. Warren;
purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899.
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
by 1845: collection of Cardinal Despuig, Archbishop of Valencia, at Raxa, near Palma, island of Majorca;
1899: acquired from Lorenzo Rossello y Rosselli by E. P. Warren;
purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899.
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
Description:
A marble bust with 18th century restorations; probably inserted into a full length draped statue. It perhaps was created for a private villa at Ariccia, near Rome, where it was found. This portrait of the Emperor Augustus (27 BCE — 14 CE) shows curly locks of hair, no wrinkles, softened bone structure; pointing to it being an idealized image influenced by Greek statues of athletes or athletic gods.
Credits:
(cc) 2019. Photo, text: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (CC0 1.0).
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