Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Emperor Claudius
Image View:
Overall view from the front, wearing stylized oak leaf wreath (corona civica or corona quercia)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 242
Location Note:
Museo Pio-Clementino; Round Hall (Sala Rotonda)
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 50 CE (alteration)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
78 cm (height)
Description:
Colossal head of Roman emperor Claudius (reworked from a bust of emperor Caligula), circa 50 CE. It was found in the ruins of the Basilica of Ocriculum (modern Otricoli), 1779 (and restored in 1779 by Gaspare Sibilla). Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus,10 BCE -54 CE) was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE. He was the uncle and successor of Caligula, emperor from 37-41 CE. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-VM-BC-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Emperor Claudius