Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Bronze Statue of Augustus
Image View:
Overall view from the left
Creator:
unknown Roman
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 5595
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 49-50 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)
Subjects:
rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
Description:
Bronze statue of Augustus draped in a himation, from Herculaneum. Some scholars identify as the Temple of the Magna Mater (a basilica) a building situated to the north of the decumanus maximus, at the edge of the area uncovered by the excavations. This building, which is still buried, was explored (through tunneling) and stripped of its decorations in the 18th century. The finds include bronze and marble statues representing several emperors and empresses including Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Livia, Agrippina and Domitilla, and marble equestrian statues. Opposite this building was the seat of the College of Augustales, the association of officers of the imperial cult. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-AH-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bronze Statue of Augustus