Sujet

Pair of Portrait Busts of Youths and an Unrelated Pair of Marble Eyes, A.D. 60-70. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Pair of Portrait Busts of Youths and an Unrelated Pair of Marble Eyes, A.D. 60-70. Additional Info: Who do these two bronze portrait busts represent? They are very similar in appearance, although one appears slightly older than the other. Both boys have a hairstyle with a distinctive wave across the forehead, which was popular during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero. The busts originally had long, separately made locks of hair, which were attached to the back of the heads. Their long locks may indicate that they represent a pair of attendants in a youth organization called the Iuventus, which held special favor under Nero. If so, these busts are the only known portraits of such attendants in the Iuventus and were probably created to be displayed in one of the organization's shrines.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_266

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NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,7Mo (1,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,1cm / 4960 x 3434 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait Italy people male boy boys child children face head fashion arts country portraits youth Rome body bodies sculpture art color archaeology ancient dress hair Roman location century archaeological bust hairstyle busts archeology APPAREL head and shoulders hairdo hairdressing Colour 1st century sculpture Unknown 1st century AD Heritage Art bronze and marble clothing & dress fashion & clothing La jeunesse Child's portrait