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LSA-562 Portrait head, hand, and globe of colossal bronze portrait statue of Constantine? Rome. 330-360.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: seen already in 1275 in front of Lateran palace, possibly from area of Colosseum
Current Location: Musei Capitolini, Palazzo del Conservatori, Rome, inv. no. 1072 (head), 1070 (hand), 1065 (orb)
OBJECT
Object: Statue, standing Material: Bronze, gilded Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 177
Attributes: diadem; orb Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine or Constantius II Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 330 Latest: 360
MAIN REFERENCE
Ensoli, S. 'I colossi bronzei a Roma in età tardoantica: dal colosso di Nerone al colosso di Costantino', Aurea Roma: dalla città pagana alla città cristiana, Rome 2000, 71-90, no. 209

Fittschen, K. and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band I, Mainz 1985, 152-5, no. 123, pls. 153-4

Lahusen, G. and E. Formigli, Römische Bildnisse aus Bronze : Kunst und Technik, Munich 2001, 315-317, no. 196

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