Emperor Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (AD 145 – 211)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
320 mm
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486342
Summary
Marble, Emperor Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (AD 145 – 211). A marble portrait bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus in the prime of life, the head turned towards the right and the gaze directed upward. The hair is thick and rough and is arranged in four curls over the forehead. The beard is in tight close curls divided in the centre.
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
36 (painted on front of socle)