Livia, from Puteoli, front view.
Title |
Livia, from Puteoli, front view. |
Cultural Context |
Ancient Roman Italian European Western European |
Style/Period |
Roman (ancient Italian style) Imperial (Roman) |
Subject |
Sculpture Portraits Women Empresses Rulers People associated with politics & government Upper class Standing Clothing & dress Veils Headgear Hairstyles Cornucopias |
Description |
Figure 105. Livia. Cat. 28: Puteoli. Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 1643. (caption, p.132); White marble with grayish streaks, head, separately carved, may be of a different marble type. From Puteoli (Pozzuoli) [...]. (p.158) |
People Pictured |
Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, ca. 58 BCE-29 CE |
Material |
White marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock) |
Measurements |
H: 2.20 m |
Technique |
Sculpting Carving (processes) Drillwork (sculpture technique) |
Work Type |
Sculpture Statues Portraits |
Repository |
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
Source |
Bartman, Elizabeth. Portraits of Livia: Imaging the Imperial Woman in Augustan Rome. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1999. (fig.105, cat.28, p.132) |
Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Bartman courtesy: Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Photo: © Jo Selsing. |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 1026-35.jpg |
Rating |
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