Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Emperor Augustus depicted as Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Emperor Augustus depicted as Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Alternate Title: 
Colossal Statue of the Seated Augustus with a Laurel Crown
Image View: 
Detail, head (modern restoration) from the right side
Creator: 
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 6040
Location Note: 
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS: 
+40.853378+14.250486
Date: 
49-50 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
white marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
215 cm (height)
Subjects: 
deities; rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Description: 
From the so-called Basilica or Augusteum (a building for ceremonies of the Imperial cult) at Herculaneum. The statue represents the deified Augustus. The head is a modern restoration; the torso was reconstructed from fragments. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-NAM-ACJ-A07
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.