Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Hadrian wearing Chlamys
Image View:
Overall view from front, right
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 6069
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; former Farnese collection
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
132-138 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
From the former Farnese collection, this bust of Hadrian shows him wearing the Greek chlamys (cloak) to emphasize his love for Greek culture. It was normally pinned with a fibula at the right shoulder, as it is here. It continued to be worn, in a longer form, by emperors into the Byzantine period. Hadrian's portrait busts transformed the style of Roman sculpture, creating a taste for fluid forms and ornately curled beards and hair which reached its apogee under the Antonines. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-BHC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Hadrian wearing Chlamys