Sujet

Cast of bust of Augustus in the British Museum. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of bust of Augustus in the British Museum. Plaster cast of a fragmentary bust of Augustus now in the British Museum in London. The ancient head, neck, and a small area of chest have been set into a larger nude bust which rests on a cylindrical support and features a blank name plate. The ancient object was probably found in Rome or its environs before 1737. It was acquired by Edmund Burke in the 18th century, and in 1812 entered the collection of the British Museum. The portrait follows a model portrait type distributed between 31 BCE and 14 AD/CE. This model is preserved in more copies than any other ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and testifies to the importance and influence of the first emperor of Rome.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London

Notre référence

HRM26A33_420

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60.2Mo (3.5Mo) / 31.7cm x 47.5cm / 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy people male man men arts politics country Rome shape emperor sculpture art guy color royal Roman political location century bust first royalty concept cast mould politician mold Plaster Cast Colour politicians Ancient Roman Ancient Rome statesman 1st century 1st century BC Caesar Augustus portrait sculpture Unknown plaster Augustus Caesar Octavian Gaius Octavius Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustos Augustus Caesar Emperor Augustus 1st century AD C?sar Augustus C?sar Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Royal Academy of Arts