Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (121-180) as a Boy
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
121 AD
Materials
Greek marble
Measurements
280 x 500 x 340 mm
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486341
Summary
Sculpture, fine grained Greek marble, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (121-180) as a Boy. Bust of the Emperor as a Boy on modern socle. Looking forward and slightly down with short curly hair.
Provenance
?Collected by Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont, thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72), arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M. Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
35 (painted on front of socle)