Unfinished porphyry statue in armour with cylindrical base. Rome or environs. Late third to fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Palazzo Farnese. According to Aldroandi (1550) from Frascati. According to Winckelmann from Campus Martius
Current Location:
Musei Vaticani, Museo Gregoriano Profano, inv. no. 10484
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Porphyry
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
armour; cloak, paludamentum; tunic/chiton
Hairstyle:
n/a
Height(cm):
112
Attributes:
sword
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest:
325
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 101-3, pl. 44
Donati, A. and G. Gentili, Costantino il Grande. La civiltà antica al bivio tra Occidente e Oriente, Milan 2005, 284, no.122 (G.Spinola)
L'Orange, H. P., Das spätantike Herrscherbild von Diokletian bis zu den Konstantin-Söhnen, 284-361 n. Chr. Das Römische Herrscherbild. III. Abteilung ; Bd. 4 , Berlin 1984, 126
Calza, R., Iconografia Romana Imperiale. Da Carausio a Giuliano (287-363 d. C.), Rome 1972, 208, no.126, pl. 68.234
Stemmer, K., Untersuchungen zur Typologie, Chronologie und Ikonographie der Panzerstatuen, Berlin 1978, 177, no. 43
