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Two marbles from slopes of the Capitoline Hill
Base of Column of Antoninus Pius
The 2 marble fragments below were on display in the lower level of the Museo dell'Ara Pacis. The fragment of a portion of a leg of a seated, togated figure, is especially well preseved and shows the extraordinary skill and beauty of form and design of Augustan era carving.
The base of the Column of Antoninus Pius, dating from about 161 CE, on display at the Vatican Museum, provides evidence for the appearance of the Obelisk of Psametik II and Augustus, and possiby also for portions of the Roma and Lupercal reliefs on the Ara Pacis Augustae.
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Marble fragment of a togated body with portrait bust of a boy, found on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill, Rome. photo Oct. 2008
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Marble fragment of a togated body with portrait bust of a boy, found on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill, Rome. photo Oct. 2008 |
Portrait bust of boy in photos of marble fragment at left. photo May 2010
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Marble fragment of a portion of a leg of a seated, togated figure, found on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill, Rome. photo May 2010
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Marble fragment of a portion of a leg of a seated, togated figure, found on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill, Rome. photo Oct. 2008 .
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Marble fragment of a portion of a leg of a seated, togated figure, found on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill, Rome. photo Oct. 2008
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Marble base of the now lost Column of Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161 CE), thus dating from about 161 CE. On display at the Vatican Museum, Cortile delle Corazzo. The relief on the side seen in this photo shows the apotheosis of the deified Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife, Faustina, above a winged figure. photo May 2010
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Detail of the marble relief in photo at left. The reclining male figure holds an obelisk, which seems closest in appearance to the Obelisk of Psametik II, which Augustus had reerected on the Campus Martius near the Ara Pacis. The figure holding the obelisk has long been considered a personification of the Campus Martius. photo May 2010 |
Detail of the marble relief in photo at far left. Roma leans on a shield with an image of the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, suckled by the she wolf. Although not closely followed, this is a key image of Roma available for the hypothetical reconstruction of Roma on the Ara Pacis Roma relief. The image of Romulus, Remus and the wolf is similar, in reverse, to the reconstructed drawing on the Lupercal relief on the Ara Pacis. photo May 2010
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