Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Marcus Aurelius [modern copy]
Image View:
Overall view; only the red porphyry body is ancient
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
body, ca. 350-399 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Republican
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
red porphyry; bronze; gold gilding
Technique:
carving (processes); casting (process); gilding (technique)
Subjects:
portrait; rulers and leaders; Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180
Description:
Pastiche made from an ancient bust in red porphyry from the first half of the 4th century BCE completed with a modern bronze copy of the head of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on Capitoline Hill (ca. 175) and with a gilded bronze mantle. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-BOMA-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Marcus Aurelius [modern copy]