“Bust of Septimius
Severus (193/211)” in armor from Ostia
“Second of
the four types of portraits recognized for Septimius Severus: it is one of the
type known as 'of the adoption' assignable to 196, the year in which the
emperor, who in reality was imposed after a civil war, did surreptitiously
adopt himself, declaring himself the son of Marcus Aurelius and brother of
Commodus. Fiction went even further: the portraits of that year echoed those of
his predecessor, technically and stylistically, and even in a generic
physiognomic assimilation” (Elena Calandra)
“Portrait of
Caracalla (211/217)” from the Via Cassia
“Geta as heroic
Apollo” from
Albano
“Sarcophagus with
Muses” from Villa Mattei maybe dating to
the year 280
“Sarcophagus of
Acilia”
dating to about 238 according to Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, who identified
the young man with short hair as Gordian III ascended the throne at age 13,
with his parents close to him
According
to others it is a processus consularis procession for the entry into
office of a consul
It was
found in 1950 in Palocco and it is in the shape of a lenòs, vat of wine,
in allusion to the harvest after death
“Sarcophagus of the
Annona”
about 270 from Via Latina with dextrarum iunctio and allegorical figures
related to the activity of high official in charge of the Annona's office (the
provision of food) of the deceased Senator
“Sarcophagus of
Marcus Claudianus” about 330 with stories from the Old and New Testaments
“Christ the Teacher” according to Paribeni it is the
oldest sculpted depiction of Christ, while Barrera reckons it is the image of a
young man in the iconography of the sitting philosopher
“Crater with Madonna
nursing”, if
it is really the Virgin Mary, it would be one of the earliest images of her
existing in the world
“Portrait of a mature
person” of
the period of Gallieno from Ostia
“Portrait
of a charioteer” of the period of Gallieno from the area of the Chiesa Nuova
“Vespasian”
from Minturno
“Vespasian” from Ostia
“Titus”
“Vespasian
from the Tiber” from the area of Via Giulia, perhaps reworked from a portrait
of Nero of whom the sideburns remain
“Nerva” from Tivoli
“Domitian”
from Latina
“Julia as a matron” first century AD, twelve year old
daughter of Titus found in the Hospital
Fatebenefratelli
Female portraits:
“Julia Domna” wife of Septimius Severus
“Plautilla” wife of Caracalla
“Etruscilla” wife of Decius (249/251)
“Salonina” wife of Licinius Gallienus
(253/268)
“The
artistic quality overall is very high, as reflected by both the accurate
rendition of the hairstyle and the exact execution of the eyes, enlivened by
the pupil as a pelta. The work is fully in the Renaissance of Gallienus,
characterized by a design language modeled on the classical one, but in reality
permeated with the strong realism typical of the portraiture of the middle
years of the third century” (Elena Calandra)
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