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Portraiture | Roman Portraiture
1501. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The middle register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1502. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Apotheosis of Claudius”.
Attributed to Skylax.
Sardonyx. Mid-1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 265.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1503. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Claudius”.
Sardonyx. Rome, 41—42 CE.
Golden frame 16th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 269.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1504. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Claudius and Messalina on a chariot”.
Sardonyx. Rome, Mid-1st cent. CE.
Frame made by Josias Belle in 17th cent.
Inv. No. Camee. 276.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1505. 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.
1506. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Trajan”.
Sardonyx. Rome, ca. 110 CE.
Golden frame, enamel, ruby — Paris, 17th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 289.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
1507. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Gaius Julius Caesar.
Black basalt.
Paris, Palace of Saint-Cloud.
1508. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Gaius Julius Caesar.
Black basalt.
Paris, Palace of Saint-Cloud.
1509. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Gaius Julius Caesar.
White marble.
Time of Trajan (98—117 CE).
Parma, National Museum of Antiquities.
1510. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Gaius Julius Caesar. Profile.
White marble. Time of Trajan.
Parma, National Museum of Antiquities.
1511. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lucius Verus.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1512. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lucius Verus.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1513. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Portrait head of an emperor, probably Augustus.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 41.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1514. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Portrait head of an emperor, probably Augustus.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 41.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1515. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Portrait head of an emperor, probably Augustus.
Marble.
2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 41.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1516. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait head of Augustus.
Marble. Patras, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 42.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1517. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait head of Augustus.
Marble. Patras, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 42.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1518. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait head of Augustus.
Marble. Patras, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 42.
Patras, New Archaeological Museum.
1519. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Male head.
White marble.
Age of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (27 BCE — 68 CE).
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.
1520. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Male head.
White marble.
Age of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (27 BCE — 68 CE).
Perugia, National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.