Togatus_Barberini_2392.PNG - Wikipedia

Summary

Description

English: The so-called "Togatus Barberini": a Roman senator holding effigies of deceased ancestors; one is part-supported by a herm. Marble, late 1st century BC; head (not belonging): middle 1st century BC.

Note: the busts are not proven "imagines": for an evaluation, see Flower, H. I., Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture , Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-924024-8

Italiano: C.d. "Togato Barberini". Marmo, ultimo decennio del I sec. a.C.; testa (non pertinente): metà del I sec. a.C.

Dimensions

H. 1.65 m (64 ¾ in.)

Collection

Capitoline Museums

	Native name	Musei Capitolini
	Parent institution	Museum system of Roma Capitale
	Location	Rome , Italy
	Coordinates	41° 53′ 35″ N, 12° 28′ 58″ E
	Established	1471
	Website	museicapitolini.org
	Authority file	: Q333906 VIAF : 171285001 ISNI : 0000000121170496 LCCN : n79126898 OSM : 9909127 GND : 1214261-X WorldCat

Current location

Centrale Montemartini , first floor, Sala Colonne

Accession number

MC 2392

Credit line

Barberini Collection

Source/Photographer

A. Hekler, Greek & Roman Portraits , New York, 1912, pl. 127a.

Permission
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