THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Portraiture | Roman Portraiture | Portraits of the Roman emperors and their family and friends | Claudius | Britannicus (son of Claudius)
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait head of a young prince of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (Britannicus?).
Marble.
Mid-1st cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Valeria Messalina with her son Britannicus
Marble. Ca. 45 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1224.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Valeria Messalina with her son Britannicus
Marble. Ca. 45 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1224.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Valeria Messalina with her son Britannicus
Marble. Ca. 45 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1224.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Valeria Messalina with her son Britannicus
Marble. Ca. 45 CE.
Inv. No. Ma 1224.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
6. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Messalina with her children”.
Sardonyx. 40—42 CE.
Frame made in the 17th cent.
Inv. No. Camee. 277.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Britannicus in toga.
Marble.
The reign of Claudius (41—54 CE).
Inv. No. 10436.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.