Augustus, front view.
Title
Augustus , front view .
Date
27 BCE?
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style) Augustan Imperial (Roman)
Subject
Statues Portraits Heads (Anatomy) Men Emperors Rulers Upper class Hairstyles
Description
Portrait head . "This portrait has fundamental importance in the study of Augustan iconography . Both it and a very similar portrait in the Forbes collection are considered excellent examples of the Louvre type of Augustan portrait . [...] This portrait type is distinguished by a hairstyle with a distinctive 'fork ' in the locks of hair over the left eye and a 'pincer ' on the far right over the right eye , with four waving locks in between , combed to the right . The wave over the nose is particularly prominent . In contrast to the other portrait types , where Augustus is depicted as eternally youthful , the Louvre type is striking in its depiction of advanced age . The head is also slightly downcast to the right , and the almost imperceptibly downward curve of the lips suggests a sense of disillusionment. " (Excerpt from catalogue entry by Daniel Roger , p . 55) . Provenance unknown . Purchased in 1807 , formerly in the Borghese collection (MA 1280-INV . MR 427 ; N 1595).Restorer : H . Bluzat , 2006 .
People Pictured
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 BCE-14 CE
Material
Fine-grained white marble (Carrara?) Carrara marble Fine-grained white marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 14 3/4 in (37.5 cm)
Technique
Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture Statues Portraits Portrait sculpture Heads (representations) Stonework
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.[46], cat.2).
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 762-01.jpg
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