Marble bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Overall
Marble bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Overall
height: 109 cm.
Base height: 14.5 cm.
Large bust worked in light marble, on a recessed round base in white marble, created in antique Roman style. The emperor dressed in toga with an agraffe over his right shoulder. Mark Aurelius with head turned to the left, serious stern gaze, forehead wrinkles, curled hair and beard. Partly slightly rubbed, minimal bumps on the lower edge of the base.
Mark Aurel or Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161-180 and as a philosopher the last important representative of the younger Stoa. He called himself Marcus Aurelius Antonius Augustus. In the last decade of his life, he wrote the "Self-Contemplations" which presented him to posterity as philosopher-emperor and are sometimes counted among world literature. (1240427) (18) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Marble bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Overall
height: 109 cm.
Base height: 14.5 cm.
Large bust worked in light marble, on a recessed round base in white marble, created in antique Roman style. The emperor dressed in toga with an agraffe over his right shoulder. Mark Aurelius with head turned to the left, serious stern gaze, forehead wrinkles, curled hair and beard. Partly slightly rubbed, minimal bumps on the lower edge of the base.
Mark Aurel or Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161-180 and as a philosopher the last important representative of the younger Stoa. He called himself Marcus Aurelius Antonius Augustus. In the last decade of his life, he wrote the "Self-Contemplations" which presented him to posterity as philosopher-emperor and are sometimes counted among world literature. (1240427) (18) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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