Marcus Aurelius

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Room 17

Inventory

PV 10801

Material and technique

Bronze, natural dark brown patina, black lacquer

Author

Roman School

Dating

Late 16th century

Dimensions

40.7 x 23 x 35 cm.

Origin

Auriti Collection (1963)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This bronze of Marcus Aurelius, from the Auriti Collection, is a very faithful reproduction of the monument on the Capitoline hill. It replicates the upper part of the marble base, including the small Michelangolesque limbs. The artist replicates the monument with great skill, and given its proximity to the original, can be dated to late 16th century Rome.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

L. Planiscig, La Collezione Giacinto Auriti, Vienna 1931, no. 36; A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, p. 25, pl. XXIX.