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Title
Nero
as a
child
,
front
view
.
Date
50 [CE]?
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Julio-Claudian
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Portraits
Statues
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Emperors
Rulers (people)
Leaders (people)
Monarchs
Royalty
Upper class
Aristocrats
Children (people by age group)
Youth
Boys
Costume (mode of fashion)
Togas
Mantles (outerwear)
Drapery (representations)
Jewelry
Bullae (pendants)
Hairstyles
Gesture
Subject
Sculpture
Portraits
Emperors
Rulers
People associated with politics & government
Children
Youth
Boys
Clothing & dress
Jewelry
Pendants (Jewelry)
Hairstyles
Gestures
Description
The
Louvre
portrait
is
of a "
young
boy
wearing
a
toga
praetexta
(a
purple-bordered
toga)
and
bulla
(ornament
worn
around
a
child's
neck)
.
[…]
Comparisons
with
coins
bearing
the
image
of
Britannicus
exclude
the
possibility
that this
is
a
portrait
of
Claudius's
natural-born
son
. The
hairstyle
is
very
similar
to what
is
seen
in the
last
Claudian
portrait
images
,
known
as the
Turin
type
,
which
feature
hair
combed
very
straight
over
the
forehead
and
parted
in a
little
"
fork
"
over
the
nose
or
over
the
inside
corner
of the
right
eye
. This
hairstyle
was
worn
by
Claudius
in the
Sebasteion
(a
temple
dedicated
to the
cult
of
emperors)
in
Aphrodisias
. The
similarity
of
hairstyles
emphasized
the
close
affiliation
of
Claudius
and
Nero
,
though
they had
no
actual
blood
tie.
"
(Excerpt
from
catalogue
entry
by
Daniel
Roger
,
p
.
80)
.
Provenance
unknown
.
Purchased
in
1807
,
formerly
in the
Borghese
collection
(MA
1210-INV
.
MR
337
;
N
1580).Restorer
:
D
.
Ibled
,
2005
.
People Pictured
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68
Material
Fine-grained marble
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 54 3/8 in (138 cm)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Portraits
Statues
Sculpture
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.[81], cat.23).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
762-08.jpg
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