The present figure is after the Antique Roman original recorded in the Lateran Palace by the late 12th Century and now in the Piazza Del Campidoglio, Rome. Although its marble base refers to the mounted horseman as the Emperor Hadrian this was a 15th century addition. It is perhaps more likely to be the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and is considered to be a work contemporary with the Emperor himself (A.D. 161-80).