Sardonyx_cameo_portrait_of_the_emperor_Augustus.JPG
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Summary
English: Sardonyx cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus.
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| Artist |
Unknown author
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| Title |
English:
Sardonyx cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus.
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| Description |
English:
The cameo depicts Augustus as a triumphant demigod wearing the aegis, decorated with the head of a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification of the summer winds that brought the corn fleet from Egypt to Rome and so an oblique reference to Augustus' annexation of Egypt.
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| Date | between 41 and 54 AD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | sardonyx | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Ancient Greek and Roman Art
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| Accession number |
42.11.30
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| Object history | Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed , Caroline Léna Becker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Permission
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