Marble Portrait Of Empor Antoninus

Born into a senatorial family antoninus held various offices during the reign of emperor hadrian who adopted him as his son and successor.

Marble portrait of empor antoninus.

Marble via last of the romans vlfdlysen vladimir живопись скульптура. He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty. Antoninus pius ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n aɪ n ə s ˈ p aɪ ə s. 19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161.

A roman marble portrait head of the emperor antoninus pius reign 138 161 a d. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. Learn more about this artwork. 138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he.

Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. May 7 2019 marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius stone sculpture. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. Portrait of the emperor marcus aurelius.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 169. He was the son of the reigning emperor marcus aurelius and aurelius s first cousin faustina the younger the youngest daughter of emperor antoninus pius who had died only a few months before commodus had an elder twin brother titus aurelius fulvus antoninus who died in 165. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. 138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. Marble portrait of the emperor caracalla a d.

Commodus was born on 31 august ad 161 in lanuvium near rome. Despite this in his official. At the beginning of his reign in a d. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

At the beginning of his reign in a d. The metropolitan museum of art new york city united states. Over lifesized depicted with his head turned slightly to his left with a full beard and a downturned mustache framing his parted lips his heavy lidded eyes unarticulated the inner canthi naturalistically rendered his brows lightly incised with shallow vertical creases above the bridge of his nose his hair a. Caracalla took the official name of m.

His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted. Aurelius antoninus pius as part of the severan dynasty s attempt to appear as the legitimate and worthy successors of the secondcentury antonine emperors.