Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Antinous Mondragone
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Image View:
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Overall side view, from the right
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Creator:
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unknown (Ancient Roman)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MR 412
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GPS:
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+48.861045+2.335787
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Date:
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ca. 130 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Roman
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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95 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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portrait; rulers and leaders; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.
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Description:
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This colossal bust is a posthumous portrait of Antinous (died 130), the lover of Emperor Hadrian (ruled 117-138). The eyes and the attribute on the top of the head (possibly a lotus flower or a uraeus) were added separately. The body into which the bust was inserted was probably carved in a different stone. In the early 19th century, the bust was displayed at the Villa Mondragone, a property belonging to the Borghese family near Rome. Napoleon I acquired the Borghese collection in 1807. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Six
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-LM-AM-A4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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