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NM Sk 1194 :: sculpture

Object description: Portrait head of young Commodus with small part of right shoulder preserved. Narrow, oval face with high forehead. Large, bulging eyes with pupils indicated by drilling holes and heavy upper eyelids. Drooping mouth. Face framed by loose, well-defined curls.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

NM Sk 1194

Serie nummer

Object

Object, Swedish

Material

Material, Swedish

Marmor

Motif

Commodus

Acquisition

Purchased in Rome. Donated by C.U. Palm.

Description

Portrait head of young Commodus with small part of right shoulder preserved. Narrow, oval face with high forehead. Large, bulging eyes with pupils indicated by drilling holes and heavy upper eyelids. Drooping mouth. Face framed by loose, well-defined curls.

Period

Roman

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

177 AD [?]; 2nd century AD

Period, Swedish

100-talet (troligtvis 177) e.Kr.; Romersk

Name - Depicted

Commodus (161 A.D. - 192 A.D.), emperor

Exhibition - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom

Description: You will find parts of the Greek and Roman collections along one side of the central hall. One section highlights the ancient mythology. Below are pottery and sculpture with motifs taken from the Greek myths, such as the deities Athena, Apollo and Artemis, and the heroes Achilles, Heracles, Orpheus and exciting adventures. Also the symposium, the Greek men's drinking, is depicted in a booth . Here you will find all the different parts of tableware and many images of Dionysos , the god of wine.
In lapidariet, the center hall stone gallery, you are face to face with the marble portraits of Roman emperors and individuals, as well as reliefs and altars for worship and remembrance of the deceased. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate)

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom - Lapidariet

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

Broken off from a statue or a bust.

NegNo

1665F.

Publications

Andrén, A., Antik skulptur i svenska samlingar, 1964, pl. 49.

Antonsson, O. (ed.), Antik konst. En konstbok från Nationalmuseum (Årsbok för svenska statens konstsamlingar VI), Stockholm 1958, 134.

Brising, H., Antik konst i Nationalmuseum, 1911, 122 ff.

Poulsen, Tidskrift för konstvetenskap, 1, 1916.

Reference - Published in

Medelhavsmuseet Föremål i urval

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

26 cm

Width / Bredd

19 cm

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

Mended. Tip of nose and part of hair over right temple missing. Deep scratch on right temple. Minor damages on upper eyelids, hair and forehead. Clay residues. Slightly encrusted.

Original register

GreekRoman

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