Portrait of Elagabal

Ritratto di Elagabalo
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
221 AD
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 46
Inventory: 
inv. MC0470

The hall

Palazzo Nuovo - Sala degli Imperatori

Portraits of the emperors and empresses and other important personages of the Imperial Age are lined up on the marble shelves along the wall, though in some cases their attribution is in doubt. 
The collection testifies the development of Roman portrait painting from the Imperial Age to the Late Ancient period.

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