Object type
statue, portrait head
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
Paros marble
Technique
sculpting
Mint
Production date
140 / 160
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Ager Tarraconensis. Els Munts
Township
Altafulla (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Dimensions
98 x 30 x 18 cm
Description
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A representation of the young Bithynian slave deified by the Emperor Hadrian following his tragic death. From the Roman villa of Els Munts (Altafulla).
After Antinoüs drowned in the Nile, Hadrian ordered numerous effigies of him to be erected throughout the Empire. The sculpture, of which the head, torso and part the extremities are preserved, corresponds with absolute reliability to the stereotype created to perpetuate the memory of Antinoüs.
Very few of these portraits are found in private contexts. Its placement in the villa of Els Munts is a possible indication that the owner of the mansion wished to demonstrate his loyalty to the emperor.
Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID
1853