AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

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

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

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.

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