Emperor Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (AD 145 – 211)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Greek marble
Measurements
660 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486382
Summary
Sculpture, marble, Emperor Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (AD 145 – 211). A 3rd century AD marble portrait of the Emperor Septimius Severus (AD 145 – 211) in his later years. The beard is divided into seven long curls whilst the toga bust shows the trabea. Fine grained Greek marble.
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
76 (painted on front of socle)