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Roman portraiture is characterized by its "warts and all" realism; bust of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, a cast from the original in bronze, found in Pompeii, now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Roman portraiture was one of the most significant periods in the development of portrait art. The surviving portraits of individuals are ...
This is a list of surviving ancient Roman gold glass portraits of the finer painted sort. The majority of surviving Roman gold glass pieces are the cut-off bottoms of drinking glasses made with unpainted gold leaf. These sometimes bear the names of individuals and were probably commemorative gifts on a special occasion such as a wedding ...
Few Roman coins reach the artistic peaks of the best Greek coins, but they survive in vast numbers and their iconography and inscriptions form a crucial source for the study of Roman history, and the development of imperial iconography, as well as containing many fine examples of portraiture. They penetrated to the rural population of the whole ...
The Emperor Otho, by Robert Van Voerst after the lost painting by Titian The Emperor Titus, by Aegidius Sadeler II. The Eleven Caesars was a series of eleven painted half-length portraits of Roman emperors made by Titian in 1536–1540 for Federico II, Duke of Mantua.
The Augustus of Prima Porta, one of the best-preserved examples of a standard type of official portrait. Caesar Augustus (63 BC – AD 14), known as "Octavian" before he became emperor, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. As such, he has frequently been depicted in literature and art since ancient times.
The Portrait of Terentius Neo is a Roman fresco, created circa 50 AD, [1] depicting a couple holding objects important to literacy. It was found in Pompeii in the House of Terentius Neo in Regio 7, Insula 2, 6, [ 2 ] and is now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples .
Another example of dynastic portraits on an aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre), and Caracalla (left). [10] The Severan Dynasty lasted from 193 to 235 AD. Septimius Severus, the founder of the dynasty, was born in Lepcis Magna, Tripolitania (present-day Libya) in ...
Pages in category "Roman sculpture portraits of emperors" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .