August
Marble.Second half of the 1st century BCE. Inv. No. 200.Venice, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Egisto Sani
August.
Marble.
Second half of the 1st century BCE.
Second half of the 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. 200.
Venice, National Archaeological Museum
(Venezia, Museo archeologico nazionale).
Origin:
From the Giovanni Grimani collection under the testament.
Description:
This head belonged to a statue portraying Augusts officiating a sacred liturgy. This portrait “velato capite”, presumably, refers to the role of Pontifex Maximus assumed by Augustus in the 12 BC. Some scholars date this portrait to the time of the Ara Pacis’ building. (13—9 BCE).
Credits:
(cc) 2013. Photo: Egisto Sani (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines αυτοκρατορικό imperial imperiale kaiserliches impérial ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας οκταβιανός αύγουστος imperator octavianus augustus emperor octavian august imperatore ottaviano augusto kaiser empereur octave octavien auguste ιουλιο-κλαυδιανή δυναστεία iulio-claudia iulii-claudii julii-claudii the julio-claudian dynasty dinastia giulio-claudia julisch-claudische dynastie famille julio-claudienne julio-claudiens απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt κεφάλι κεφαλή head testa kopf tête marble marmor marmo
as pontifex maximus
male maschile männliches männlicher portraitkopf
veil veiled capite velato
toga togatus togate
from giovanni grimani collection inv no 200
