Object type
statue, portrait head
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
Luni-Carrara marble
Technique
sculpting
Mint
Production date
101 / 200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Dimensions
31,5 x 24 x 26,5 cm
Description
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A portrait of the Emperor Lucius Verus (161-169), co-regent with Marcus
Aurelius, found in the area of the Forum of the Colonia in Tarraco.
This was the official image of the emperor distributed throughout the
Empire. It was probably carved in a local workshop based on a prototype created
in Rome by an official sculptor. Although it contains unmistakeable features of
the Emperor, the face also corresponds to the ideal stereotype of handsomeness
of the time.
Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID
1783