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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.7.A-C
Title
Bust of a Roman Emperor (modern)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
c. 1700
Culture
German?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287291

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Giallo antico
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
bust and head without base: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
head: 6.2 x 3.3 x 3.7 cm (2 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
bust: 7.5 x 9.7 x 4 cm (2 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
base without tang: 3.1 x 2.7 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
M. Radish, Naples (also Ragusa, Dalmatia), (1812) presented; to Captain Henry Larcom, in Lisbon (1812), presented; to Mrs. J.H. Abbot (daughter of Captain Larcom), gift; to Henry L. Abbot, Cambridge, MA (1887-1916), (grandson of Captain Larcom), gift; to Catherine Abbot, Bethesda, MD (1995) gift; to The Harvard Art Museum, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Henry Merriam Abbot
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.7.A-C
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bust of Julius Caesar or one of the early Roman emperors; head and bust made separately; brass mount.
Letters "GA" carved on back of bust.
Commentary
Several small-scale representations of the first twelve Roman emperors (including Julius Caesar) were created from the mid-16th to the late 18th centuries, and were popular collector's items among European rulers. This particular example closely resembles a series of giallo antico busts in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig, from the collection of the dukes of Braunschweig, Germany.

Publication History

  • Portraits of Julius Caesar by Frank Jesup Scott (New York, 1903), pp. 179-180

Verification Level

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