Augustus, Roman Emperor (63 BC - AD 14)
after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
656 x 502 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515497
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Augustus, Roman Emperor (63 BC - AD 14), after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Equestrian figure against a classical background: Augustus, seated on a horse, which is richly caparisoned in red and gold, turned three-quarters to left, gazing at spectator, a staff in his right hand which rests on his thigh, his left hand on his hip, dressed in a body-forming cuirass, a yellow cloak, lined with red, a helmet with plumes and open sandals; 18th century neo-classical building to left background, and a cloister in the right background. Erroneous label on frame: 'Emperor Caligula AD 12 - AD 41'. Mary Beard has pointed out the correct identification.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630), publisher