Toga-wearing Statue, known as the "Barberini Toga-wearing Statue" from the Barberini collection, 10-1 BC, Pentelic marble - This famed statue depicts a man with a tunic and toga, holding two heads - effigies of deceased kinsmen. Based on the characteristics of the two portraits, the bust at left is believed to depict the father figure, and the one at right his grandfather. the ancient head of the Statue is not the original one This funerary statue bears figurative witness to an ancient Roman tradition by which aristocratic families would conserve the memory of their ancestor' facial figure by
Toga-wearing Statue, known as the "Barberini Toga-wearing Statue" from the Barberini collection, 10-1 BC, Pentelic marble - This famed statue depicts a man with a tunic and toga, holding two heads - effigies of deceased kinsmen. Based on the characteristics of the two portraits, the bust at left is believed to depict the father figure, and the one at right his grandfather. the ancient head of the Statue is not the original one This funerary statue bears figurative witness to an ancient Roman tradition by which aristocratic families would conserve the memory of their ancestor' facial figure by making wax casts of the faces of the deceased. These portraits were kept in homes, and were then worn by living family members and carried in procession during solemn public or private ceremonies, such as funerals. - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
Size: 3313px × 4969px
Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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