Title

Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170. Lucilla (c148-182) was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. Marcus and Lucilla's husband were Co-Emperors of Rome from 161 until 169, when Lucius Verus died. After his death, her father forced her to marry a political ally of his, Claudius Pompeianus. Lucilla was exiled to Capri and executed after plotting against Marcus' successor, her brother Commodus. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

160th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Art Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_265

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,3Mb (1,0Mb) / 9,7in x 16,1in / 2922 x 4820 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian female women woman people face head stone arts country marriage Rome body sculpture art color colour dead royal death Roman location century bust royalty lady concept wife head and shoulders Empress widow 2nd century executed Roman Empire the body portrait Unknown marble Lucius Marcus Marcus Aurelius Aurelius Marcus Annius Verus The Art Collector Lucilla Lucius Verus Verus Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius marble portrait