Emperor Hadrian, Emperor of Rome (76 – 138 AD)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Parian marble
Measurements
240 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486384
Summary
Sculpture, marble, Emperor Hadrian, Emperor of Rome (76 – 138 AD). Marble portrait bust of the Emperor Hadrian (76 – 138 AD)in middle life. The head is turned slightly to the right and has a moustache and short beard. The neck is antique but does not belong and the head is set in a Renaissance bust of coloured 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
78 (painted on front of socle)