Marble portrait head of antinous ca.
Marble statue of antinuous from tivoli.
The statue was bought by pope clement xii in 1733 and went on to.
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He is antinous a favorite of emperor hadrian it was found at the hadrian s villa tivoli modern day italy.
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To contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction of his collection.
This marble statue depicts a standing striding man with an egyptianized style.
A fine statuary always characterized by the idealized beauty and sofistication of this young man made god.
Its idealized characteristics as well as the intense polishing of its marble surface with a special oil which helped it survive gleaming and in excellent condition is indicative of the time of radical hadrian.
He was drowned in the river nile during an imperial visit to egypt in a d.
A roman marble statue of the emperor hadrian reign 117 138 a d.
Roman period circa 135 ce state museum of egyptian art munich germany.
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Taking a closer look at the statue the head of young antinous is tilted to the side like he is in a state of reflection.
It was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
Capitoline antinous last updated march 18 2019 the capitoline antinous.
2 it was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
Deified by emperor hadrian after his death many examples of antinous sculpture has been preserved until today.
130 138 roman portrait head from a monumental statue of antinous was the young lover of the roman emperor hadrian.
3 to contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction.
The capitoline antinous is a marble statue of a young nude male found at hadrian s villa tivoli during the time when conte giuseppe fede was undertaking the earliest concerted excavations there.
A large antineion flanked the entrance of hadrian s enormous villa at tivoli and was likely the source for many of the egyptian and egyptianizing.
Hadrian founded the city of antinoopolis in his memory and the antinous cult spread throughout the empire.
The capitoline antinous is a marble statue of a young nude male found at hadrian s villa tivoli 1 during the time when conte giuseppe fede was undertaking the earliest concerted excavations there.
Hadrian s villa villa adriana in italian is a large roman archaeological complex at tivoli italy a unesco world heritage site it is the property of the republic of italy and has been directed and run by the polo museale del lazio since december 2014.