Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Livia
Image View:
Detail, head and upper body; the eyes would have been inlaid
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 5589
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
mid 1st century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
bronze
Technique:
casting (process)
Measurements:
210 cm (height)
Subjects:
portrait; rulers and leaders; Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, approximately 58 B.C.-29 A.D.
Description:
Livia Drusilla (58 BCE- 29 CE), also known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in CE 14, was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus throughout his reign, as well as his adviser. She was the mother of the emperor Tiberius. She was deified by Claudius in 42 CE, who acknowledged her title of Augusta. This statue comes from the Theater at Herculaneum (Ercolano). Livia is shown in the position of an orant (orans), in prayer. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-SOL-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Livia