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Il Mart di Rovereto propone un’indagine articolata e uno sguardo originale sulla figura del grande pittore del Quattrocento e sul suo tempo, attraverso lo studio degli intrecci storico-artistici e delle controversie ancora aperte, presentati in questa sede come punti di forza attraverso i quali approfondire nuovi percorsi di interpretazione critica.
Il progetto espositivo, a cura di Ferdinando Bologna e Federico De Melis, ha l’ambizione di ricostruire l’ampia scena storica e geografica dalla quale emerge l’eccezionale individualità di Antonello: un pittore che, a metà del Quattrocento, si fa interprete di un fermento creativo mediterraneo ed europeo incentrato sull’incontro-scontro tra la civiltà fiamminga e quella italiana.
Photo by Fernando Guerra
Bust of Nero. Detail.
Marble. Restoration of the 17th century. A part of the face is ancient.
Height 66 cm.
Inv. No. MC427.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Emperors.
educational use only
Julius Caesar. Autumn 45 BC. AV Aureus (8.11 g, 12h). Rome mint; L. Plancus, praefectus urbi. Draped and winged bust of Victory right; C • CAES behind, DIC • TER before / Praefericulum; L • PLANC to left, PR • VRB to right. Crawford 475/1b; CRI 60a; Bahrfeldt 335 var. (legends); Calicó 44; Sydenham 1019b; Kestner 3670; BMCRR Rome 4122; CNR 32.
Aureus 37-38, AV 7.77 g. C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT Laureate head of Gaius r. Rev. AGRIPPINA MAT CAES AVG GERM Draped bust of Agrippina r. RIC 13. BMC 14. C 1. CBN 22 (Lugdunum, this reverse die). Kent-Hirmer 166. Trillmich pl. 1, 40. Calicó 326 (this coin).
LACONIA, Lacedaemon (Sparta). Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 17mm (2.48 g). C. Julius Eurykles, magistrate. Struck 31-2 BC. Bare head right / Eagle standing right. RPC I 1104; Grunauer Group XXVII, 4 (V1/R4); SNG Copenhagen 608.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
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Skyphos With Satrys and Goddesses*
Greek, Classical Period, about 450 B.C.
The Penthesilea Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red Figure
Skyphos With Satrys and Goddesses*
Greek, Classical Period, about 450 B.C.
The Penthesilea Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red Figure
Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.90 g, 5h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; shield at base of scepter. Crawford 480/13; CRI 107d; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39.
Title
Marble head of a veiled man
Medium; Technique
Marble
Culture
Roman
Period
Julio-Claudian
Date
1st half of 1st century A.D.
Dimensions
H. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification
Stone Sculpture
Credit Line
Classical Purchase Fund, 1991
Accession Number
1991.11.5
On View
Description
Selected Bibliography
Description
The emperor was the chief state priest, and many statues show him in the act of prayer or sacrifice, with a fold of his toga pulled up to cover his head as a mark of
piety. However, this highly idealized head may represent the Genius, or protective spirit, of the living emperor. Traditionally the protective spirit of every Roman household was worshiped at the family shrine. It was represented by a statuette with veiled head holding implements of sacrifice. Similar veneration of the Genius
Augusti, introduced by the paternalistic Augustus, was widespread at public shrines and altars.
Selected Bibliography
MMA Annual Report 1991-1992: 37.
Musée des Beaux Arts. 1992. La Chronique des Arts. Principales Acquisitions des Musée en 1992. vol. 119. France: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, n. 1490, p. 40, no. 192.
Picón, C.A. 1992. "Recent Acquisitions," MMA Bulletin 50(2): 13.
Milleker, E.J., ed. 2000. The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 36-7, ill. 17.
Picón, C.A. et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 407, pp. 353, 486.
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PHRYGIA, Aezanis. Germanicus, with Agrippina Senior. Died AD 19. Æ 16mm (3.68 g). Medeos, magistrate. Struck under Gaius (Caligula). Laureate head of Germanicus right / Draped bust of Agrippina right. RPC I 3077; SNG Copenhagen 75.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
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The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.98 g, 5h). Rome mint. L. Lentulus, moneyer. Struck 12 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / L • LENTVLVS • FLAMEN MARTIALIS, two figures standing facing: on left, figure (Divus Julius Caesar?), holding Victory in right hand and transverse spear in left; on right, figure (Augustus), with right hand, places star on half-clad figure on left and with left, holds round shield inscribed C • V set on round ground. RIC I 415; RSC 419; BMCRE 124-5 = BMCRR Rome 4674-5; BN 555-9.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (23.95 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at tip of neck / PACE P • R • TERRA • MARIQ • PARTA • IANVM • CLVSIT, S C across field, Temple of Janus with latticed windows and garland hung across doors; doors to the right. RIC I 438; WCN 419; Lyon 109; BMCRE 319; BN 73.
www.mart.trento.it/antonellodamessina
Il Mart di Rovereto propone un’indagine articolata e uno sguardo originale sulla figura del grande pittore del Quattrocento e sul suo tempo, attraverso lo studio degli intrecci storico-artistici e delle controversie ancora aperte, presentati in questa sede come punti di forza attraverso i quali approfondire nuovi percorsi di interpretazione critica.
Il progetto espositivo, a cura di Ferdinando Bologna e Federico De Melis, ha l’ambizione di ricostruire l’ampia scena storica e geografica dalla quale emerge l’eccezionale individualità di Antonello: un pittore che, a metà del Quattrocento, si fa interprete di un fermento creativo mediterraneo ed europeo incentrato sull’incontro-scontro tra la civiltà fiamminga e quella italiana.
Photo by Fernando Guerra
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 3.07 g). Rome mint. Pulcher, Taurus, and Regulus, moneyers. Struck 8 BC. Clasped hands holding caduceus / Legend around large S C. RIC I 423; BMCRE 204; BN 601.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
Octavian. 30 BC. AR Denarius (3.89 g, 12h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Victory, draped, standing right on prow, holding palm frond over left shoulder in left hand and wreath in extended right hand / IM[P CAESAR] in exergue, Octavian driving triumphal quadriga right, the car ornamented with figures on its front and side panels, holding reins in left hand and branch in right. RIC I 264; CRI 416; RSC 115; BMCRE 617-9 = BMCRR Rome 4343-5; BN 98-104.
One of the Mainz pedestals
(Landesmuseum)
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Sestertius, 22-23 A.D. Rome. Tiberius seated l. in curule chair holding patera and scepter, CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS. Rv. TI. CAESAR DIVI AVG. F. AVGVST. P.M. TR.POT. XXIIII around large S.C. RIC 48.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
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The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.67 g). Restitution issue struck under Trajan, circa AD 98-117. Laureate head of Augustus right with the features of Trajan / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shield and spears between them; above, simpulum on left to the left, and lituus on right to the right. Cf. RIC I 208; BMCRE 536 (pl. 13, 18)(misattributed to the reign of Augustus); cf. RSC 43. The style and fabric of this coin suggest that it belongs to an anonymous restitution issue of either Trajan or Hadrian. The restitution issues of Trajan are well known since the coins are marked with Trajanic legends. The fact that this coin retains its original legend without any mention of the issuer suggests that it is not part of the great restitution series of Trajan, but part of a later anonymous issue. Apart from style, on all known specimens the lituus has a split base and is turned to the right, and the simpulum is large, rather bulbous and turned to the left, features not seen on the issues of Augustus. Other specimens have appeared at auction recently, the first in the Gil Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 181, the second in Numismatica Ars Classica 8 (3 April 1995), lot 754, and the third in Triton I (2-3 December 1997), lot 1283. CNG
Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. 38 BC. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 17.53 g). Uncertain mint in southern Italy. Bare head of Octavian right / Wreathed head of Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620.
A ROMAN GLASS SKYPHOS
CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Transparent light green in color, with a wide body, on a ring foot, the vertical walls narrowing slightly towards the rim, with lathe-cut concentric bands on the underside, a single groove on the interior below the rim, the ring handles with horizontal upper and curved lower plates, the upper plates merging with the rim
2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high
educational use only
Mirror with baluster handle
The silver treasure discovered in 1895 at Boscoreale in a Roman villa buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 contained only a few toiletry objects. However, like this mirror richly decorated with a mythological scene in relief, these luxury items made in the first century of our era reveal a flourishing period of Roman silverwork. The decoration representing the meeting of Leda and Jupiter, turned into a swan, is a hymn to femininity and sensuality.
Description
The Boscoreale silver treasure
A violent eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed the Naples region, burying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in particular. The catastrophe froze the everyday life of the inhabitants, saving for posterity many ordinary or precious objects that were rediscovered in their original context from the eighteenth century on. In 1895, the excavation of a Roman villa at Boscoreale on the slopes of the volcano yielded an exceptionally large silver treasure consisting of 109 tableware, toiletry, and jewelry items buried in a cistern by the owner before the tragedy. This magnificent set of objects came to the Louvre in the same year, thanks to the generosity of Baron Edmond de Rothschild. Made between the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the first century of our era, the treasure dates from one of the most brilliant periods of Roman silverwork. Like the two other mirrors found in the villa, this one illustrates the decorative and technical richness of objects designed for women.
A toiletry object
Polished on one side to reflect the face of the user, this silver mirror is mounted on a baluster handle terminating in two heads of birds with long beaks and affixed to the disc by a stylized leaf of a design widespread in Campania. Although it might seem unusual, the presence of women's toiletry objects in a treasure consisting mainly of tableware is hardly surprising. Mirrors were precious objects for the lady of the house and often hidden away in case of danger, in the same way as jewelry or dishes.
The myth of Leda and the Swan
The decoration of these luxury objects generally echoed their function, as is demonstrated by the medallion with the repoussé work decoration in relief on the back of the disc. The subject, taken from mythology, is a paean to feminine seductiveness and is well suited, therefore, for decorating a toiletry object. Extremely widespread in ancient iconography from the fourth century BC on, especially in silverwork, the scene depicts the meeting between Jupiter and Leda. After falling in love with the young woman, the god changed himself into a swan so that he could approach her and satisfy his passion. Seated on a rock and in an advanced state of undress, Leda is giving water from a patera to the bird whose outspread wings and claw resting on the girl's knees show its impatience. The tale is handled with delicately sober refinement; sensuality emerges through allusions, without giving way to the sometimes crude eroticism of some illustrations of Jupiter's romances.
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www.mart.trento.it/antonellodamessina
Il Mart di Rovereto propone un’indagine articolata e uno sguardo originale sulla figura del grande pittore del Quattrocento e sul suo tempo, attraverso lo studio degli intrecci storico-artistici e delle controversie ancora aperte, presentati in questa sede come punti di forza attraverso i quali approfondire nuovi percorsi di interpretazione critica.
Il progetto espositivo, a cura di Ferdinando Bologna e Federico De Melis, ha l’ambizione di ricostruire l’ampia scena storica e geografica dalla quale emerge l’eccezionale individualità di Antonello: un pittore che, a metà del Quattrocento, si fa interprete di un fermento creativo mediterraneo ed europeo incentrato sull’incontro-scontro tra la civiltà fiamminga e quella italiana.
Photo by Fernando Guerra
ROMAN MARBLE LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT BUST OF A PATRICIAN YOUTH
With fine features, a pronounced forehead and parted hairdo based on the fashion popularized by emperors of the Julio-Claudian period. An exceptionjal portrait said to have been found in the waters off Spain.
Acquired in London, October 1990.
Ca. 35-40 AD
H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.)
RAG
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
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Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
Octavian. 29-28 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 1.64 g, 11h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Bare head right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm, on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes. RIC I 276; CRI 429; BMCRE 647; RSC 14.
A ROMAN CRYSTALLINE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN
JULIO-CLAUDIAN, MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With centrally parted wavy curled hair tied back in a chignon, fringed curls over her forehead, mounted
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
educational use only
Denarius 15/13, Lugdunum. AVGVSTVS – DIVI F Bare head to r. Rev. Two soldiers on l. , each with parazonium, presenting laurel branches to Augustus seated on platform on r. IMP X in exergue. 3,80 g. RIC 165a. BMC 445. C. 133.
NERO Æ Sestertius. Struck c65 AD. Laureate head right / Roma seated left on cuirass, foot on helmet, with Victory & parazonium, sheilds around & behind.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
www.mart.trento.it/antonellodamessina
Il Mart di Rovereto propone un’indagine articolata e uno sguardo originale sulla figura del grande pittore del Quattrocento e sul suo tempo, attraverso lo studio degli intrecci storico-artistici e delle controversie ancora aperte, presentati in questa sede come punti di forza attraverso i quali approfondire nuovi percorsi di interpretazione critica.
Il progetto espositivo, a cura di Ferdinando Bologna e Federico De Melis, ha l’ambizione di ricostruire l’ampia scena storica e geografica dalla quale emerge l’eccezionale individualità di Antonello: un pittore che, a metà del Quattrocento, si fa interprete di un fermento creativo mediterraneo ed europeo incentrato sull’incontro-scontro tra la civiltà fiamminga e quella italiana.
Photo by Fernando Guerra
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
Tiberius. As Caesar, AD 4-14. Æ As (28mm, 11.41 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 10-11. Bare head right / Legend around large S C. RIC I 469 (Augustus); BMCRE 271 (Augustus); BN 878.
If you are interested in Julio Claudian Iconography and portrait study you may enjoy these two links:
Julio Claudian Iconographic Association- Joe Geranio- Administrator at groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/
The Portraiture of Caligula- Joe Geranio- Administrator- at
Both are non-profit sites and for educational use only.
CLAUDIUS, with AGRIPPINA, Jr. 41-54 BC. AV Aureus (7.69 gm). Rome mint. Struck circa 42 AD. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TRIB POT P P, laureate head of Claudius right / AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Agrippina right. RIC I 80; cf. Von Kaenel 986 (V-/R720 - unlisted obverse die); BMCRE 72; BN 76; CNR 4 (same reverse die); Cohen 3.