Colossal acrolithic portrait statue of Constantine. Rome. 312-337
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Basilica of Maxentius, west apse
Current Location:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo del Conservatori, Rome, inv. no. 1622
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, seated
Material:
Acrolithic
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
297
Attributes:
sceptre
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
312
Latest:
337
MAIN REFERENCE
Fittschen, K. and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band I, Mainz 1985, 146-52, no. 122, pls. 151-2
Parisi Presicce, C. 'Konstantin als Iuppiter. Die Kolossalstatue des Kaisers aus der Basilika an der via Sacra', Konstantin der Grosse (A. Demandt and J. Engemann, eds.), Mainz 2007, 117-31
