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Head of the Emperor Augustus from Cerveteri in the Louvre, June 2013

Head of the Emperor Augustus from Cerveteri in the Louvre, June 2013
The emperor Augustus
Emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
Posthumous portrait made during the reign of the emperor Claudius (AD 41–54)
Provenance: Cerveteri
Marble
H. 35 cm

The Roman Senate granted the young emperor the right to wear the oak wreath or “civic crown” in 27 BC. The portrait’s facial features derive from the neo-Attic Prima Porta statue of Augustus made in 20 BC (Braccio Nuovo, Vatican Museum).

Campana collection, 1863
Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Inventaire Cp 6363
(n° usuel Ma 1246)


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