Marble Portrait Of Emperor Antoninus

Antoninus pius was adopted by hadrian as his successor when he was already fifty one years old.

Marble portrait of emperor antoninus.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 169. His portraits thus represent him as a mature man in a sober but refined style that consciously echoes the imperial imagery adopted. Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. 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.

85 162 half sister of sabina wife of the emperor hadrian and aunt of the emperor antoninus pius. He was a member of the severan dynasty the elder son of septimius severus and julia domna co ruler with his father from 198 he continued to rule with his brother geta emperor from 209 after their father s death in. 4 april 188 8 april 217 formally known as antoninus marcus aurelius antoninus was roman emperor from 198 to 217. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius.

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Roman emperor from 138 161. Marble portrait of the emperor antoninus pius. At the beginning of his reign in a d. National archaeological museum naples.

A roman marble portrait head of the emperor antoninus pius reign 138 161 a d. Antoninus pius also known as antoninus 86 ce 161 ce. This head originally belonged to an honorary portrait statue of mindia matidia or matidia minor a d. Antoninus pius ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n aɪ n ə s ˈ p aɪ ə s.

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

He was one of the five good emperors in the nerva antonine dynasty. Despite this in his official. Aurelius antoninus pius as part of the severan dynasty s attempt to appear as the legitimate and worthy successors of the secondcentury antonine emperors. 19 september 86 7 march 161 was roman emperor from 138 to 161.

The metropolitan museum of art new york city united states. 138 he had to impel a reluctant senate to award hadrian divine honors and it is probably for this reason that he. Caracalla ˌ k æ r ə ˈ k æ l ə karr ə kal ə. 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 matidia minor. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 162.