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Caracalla and Geta, sons of the Emperor Septimus Severus, were elected consuls in 205 AD and over the following years were depicted as twins. Their very short hairstyle, which reflected military fashion, was subsequently adopted by almost all the emperors of the period of Military Anarchy (3rd century AD). Caracalla murdered his brother in 211 AD and only outlived him for a few years.205-209 AD (h
The Pseudo-Vitellius was one of the busts most frequently copied and borrowed by Renaissance artists, at a time when it was believed to be a portrait of the Emperor Vitellius, who reigned briefly from 17 April to 22 December 69 AD. In fact, it dates from the period of Hadrian (117–138 AD).The only known Roman copy (Venice, Museo Archeologico) was discovered in 1505 during excavations sponsored by
This vessel had a pair, now lost (I1416), which must have been very similar and by the same hand as O37, the work of the silversmith Pierre Ladoyreau or Ladoireau, who made part of the silver furnishings at Versailles. It comprises two pieces of red jasper and two large mounts with twenty cameos. The body is in the form of a bowl with a diminished arch profile, a round mouth, and a lobulated ring
Goblet comprising three pieces of lapis lazuli and enamelled gold chasing. The oval body has a wide concave moulding in the upper border while the lower part is decorated with a bas-relief of egg-and-dart motifs. The thick knot forming the stem rests on an oval base, with incised ovolos. It is surrounded by an adornment of enamelled gold in various colours. At the front, a white enamelled boy seem
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Philip V and Isabella Farnese acquired them in Rome in 1724 from Livio Odescalchi’s heir as decoration for the palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Philip V and Isabella Farnese acquired them in Rome in 1724 from Livio Odescalchi’s heir as decoration for the palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.
