COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.14.130.1
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Roman
Creator Name-CRT:
Roman
Title:
Statue of a boy
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 10 B.C.-A.D. 40
Creation Start Date:
-999
Creation End Date:
40
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Classification Term:
Bronzes
Dimensions:
H. 52 1/8 in. (132.38 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
14.130.1
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1914
Context:
This bronze figure portrays a young member of a wealthy Roman family. The style of the idealizing portrait clearly indicates that the subject wished to be shown in the guise of a prince of the imperial family. While the figure has at times been identified as either Gaius or Lucius Caesar, grandsons of the emperor Augustus (r. 31 B.C.-A.D. 14), it is better to regard the statue as belonging to a member of the ruling elite on Rhodes, possibly set up in his honor by his native city. The statue was found on Rhodes, and presumably made there.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.gr14.130.1.R.tif
