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This impressive portrait of Augustus (27 BC to 14 AD) is by the Bonanome brothers, who were commissioned by Philip II in 1562 and 1565 to execute two series of busts of the first twelve Roman emperors [+]
This portrait head of Caligula (37 to 41 AD) is set into a tuff bust laminated with pieces of coloured marble to imitate a general’s armour and cloak, using a new technique of the time. It is one from [+]
In 1562 and 1565 Philip II commissioned the Bonanome brothers to execute two series of busts of the “Twelve Emperors” of whom Suetonius wrote biographies. The monarch was not satisfied with the busts [+]
La cabeza es de mármol blanco; el torso está tallado en un gran bloque de mármol con aspecto de breccia, pero que, por sus colores, puede ser identificado como portasanta brecciato: en él se figuran l [+]
In 1562 and 1565 Philip II commissioned the Bonanome brothers to execute two series of busts of the twelve Roman emperors whose lives were recounted by Suetonius. In 1571 Philip had the busts sent to [+]
This bust of Vitellius is from the monumental series of the “Twelve Emperors” sent by Philip II to the gardens of the Casa de Campo in Madrid in 1571. The features are a more pronounced version of tho [+]
