A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG COMMODUS

ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA 175-177 A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG COMMODUS
antonine period, circa 175-177 a.d.
Depicting the crown prince and future emperor as a young boy of fourteen to sixteen years, with an oval face, small chin and lips, the convex eyes with heavy, half-closed upper lids, the irises incised and the pupils drilled, the modelled brows enhanced by shallow incisions, the smooth contours of his face contrasting with his hair, which is a mass of deeply drilled short curls
10½ in. (26.67 cm) high

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Inherited from the current owner's family

拍品專文

Lucius Aelius Aurelius, born in A.D. 161, was the son of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. During his father's reign he was designated as the chosen successor. Our portrait most likely dates to the years just before his elevation to the status of joint-ruler in A.D. 177. Upon becoming Emperor in A.D. 180, he changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus.

For a similar portrait in the Museo Capitolino, Rome see no. 241 in Kleiner, Roman Sculpture.