Title

Portrait of Antinous, mid 2nd century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Portrait of Antinous, mid 2nd century. Antinous (d130) was a Bithynian youth who was the favourite and companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian (76-138). Antinous drowned in the Nile and Hadrian founded the city of Antinopolis at the site of his death in his memory. Throughout the rest of his rule, Hadrian commissioned many hundreds of statues of Antinous. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

130th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_227

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (1,4Mb) / 10,9in x 18,0in / 3260 x 5398 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy people male boy boys face man men head stone arts country youth Rome body statue sculpture art guy wings color colour Classical Roman location century bust winged head and shoulders 2nd century Bithynian Roman Empire the body Antinous portrait Unknown marble Hadrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus Emperor Hadrian Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus The Art Collector Hadrian marble portrait