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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 Roman emperors whose lives were recounted by Suetonius. In 1571 Philip had the busts sent to [+]
