Marble Portrait Of Empor Antoninus

Commodus was born on 31 august ad 161 in lanuvium near rome.

Marble portrait of empor antoninus.

Aurelius antoninus pius as part of the severan dynasty s attempt to appear as the legitimate and worthy successors of the secondcentury antonine emperors. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius ca. Over lifesized depicted with his head turned slightly to his left with a full beard and a downturned mustache framing his parted lips his heavy lidded eyes unarticulated the inner canthi naturalistically rendered his brows lightly incised with shallow vertical creases above the bridge of his nose his hair a. A roman marble portrait head of the emperor antoninus pius reign 138 161 a d.

His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. Portrait of the emperor marcus aurelius. Learn more about this artwork. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.

19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161. 138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. 138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 169.

Born into a senatorial family antoninus held various offices during the reign of emperor hadrian who adopted him as his son and successor. At the beginning of his reign in a d. He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

May 7 2019 marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius stone sculpture. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162. Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.

Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. Despite this in his official. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted by hadrian. Titus aelius hadrianus antoninus augustus pius.

Marble portrait of the emperor caracalla a d. Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old. He was the son of the reigning emperor marcus aurelius and aurelius s first cousin faustina the younger the youngest daughter of emperor antoninus pius who had died only a few months before commodus had an elder twin brother titus aurelius fulvus antoninus who died in 165. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted.

The metropolitan museum of art new york city united states. Antoninus pius ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n aɪ n ə s ˈ p aɪ ə s.