Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Antoninus Pius
Image View:
Detail, lower body from front right
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:
ca. 147 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
rulers and leaders; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.
Description:
Antoninus Pius (9 September 86-7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was one of the 'Five Good Emperors' in the Nerva-Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii. He was adopted by Hadrian and named as his successor. As was common in Imperial statuary, the recognizable head of Antoninus was added to an idealized nude body in the classical Greek style, as a means to deify the emperor. Ippolito Buzzi made restorations (lower face and arms) on the statue in the 16th century. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SPAP-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Antoninus Pius