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.
The statue unearthed in 1740 at the casino michili may instead have come from this area of worship where the image of antinous would have been associated with other egyptian deities.
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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.
It was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
2 it was bought before 1733 by alessandro cardinal albani.
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.
Deified by emperor hadrian after his death many examples of antinous sculpture has been preserved until today.
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.
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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.
He is antinous a favorite of emperor hadrian it was found at the hadrian s villa tivoli modern day italy.
3 to contemporaries it seemed to be the real attraction.
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Donated to pope benedict xiv the statue was placed in the capitoline museum in 1742.
A roman marble statue of the emperor hadrian reign 117 138 a d.
A fine statuary always characterized by the idealized beauty and sofistication of this young man made god.
This marble statue depicts a standing striding man with an egyptianized style.
Hadrian founded the city of antinoopolis in his memory and the antinous cult spread throughout the empire.
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Roman period circa 135 ce state museum of egyptian art munich germany.
130 138 roman portrait head from a monumental statue of antinous was the young lover of the roman emperor hadrian.
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