AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

細節

An Italian carved marble bust of the Emperor Domitian
After the Antique, late 19th century
Inscribed to the base OMITANUs 81-96
32in. (81.3cm.) high

來源

Formerly from the collection of the late William Henry Haussner and Frances Wilke Haussner.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Domitian was a cruel and tyrannical ruler, murdering eleven consular senators during his reign and any other threat to his absolute autonomy. Even his wife, Domitia Longina, was driven to conspiring with other leading figures of Domitian's administration, to assassinate him in AD 96.