Marble Bust Of Hadrian

From hadrian s villa tivoli lazio italy this portrait bust was found at the villa adriana the roman emperor hadrian s magnificent country residence near tivoli outside rome in ancient rome the dedication of public statues was governed by rules concerning location material and iconography.

Marble bust of hadrian.

Head sculpted in white statu. The bust discovered at the site in an excavation that took place from october to december 2014 and is in excellent condition depicting hadrian with a beard and curly hair. Marble portrait bust of the emperor hadrian found in the temple of the olympieion athens ca. A very impressive portrait of the roman emperor hadrian.

This reproduction is carved from a solid block of the finest greek marble. Statues often showed the emperor as a general or priest. Our marble is white with occasional veins of different colorations for this reason every sculpture is unique. Ad 130 national archaeological museum of athens head of hadrian wearing a wrealth of laurel leaves discovered in 1988 to the south of the roman agora between ad 128 129 or 131 132 library of hadrian athens.

This statue depicts hadrian nude in the guise of mars the god. Grand tour marble bust of emperor hadrian. A marble portrait of roman emperor hadrian. Category 1790s italian grand tour antique marble busts.

With these parts reconstructed the portrait of hadrian resembles statues of the greek hero diomedes. This bust shows hadrian naked. This was even more important when it. On 17 march 1796 townley paid barwell browne the son of lyde browne 168 for a bust of hadrian 1805 0703 94 and a head of adonis veiled 1805 0703 78 including 21 for carriage and duty from leghorn.

Statues often showed the emperor as a general or priest. Marble bust of emperor hadrian. A marble bust of hadrian excavated at the archaeological site of los torrejones in murcia spain will be exhibited at the local museum the museo arqueológico de yecla. Hadrian roman emperor ad 117 118 a marble bust.

As a year s interest at 5 on that amount from the previous march wigan accounts. This bust of hadrian is located at the metropolitan museum of art in new york. Marble bust of emperor hadrian. He also paid 8 8s.

Hadrian like most roman emperors used statues to diffuse his image across the roman world. The lower part of the bust shows part of a belt that may have strapped a sword across his back and also shows a small piece of what was probably a cloak draped over his shoulder. Italian marble sculpture bust of emperor hadrian aelius traianus hadrianus.