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Portrait of the Emperor Pupienus in the Louvre, June 2014

Portrait of the Emperor Pupienus in the Louvre, June 2014
The emperor Pupienus
Emperor in AD 238
AD 238
Marble
H. 38 cm

The boldness of execution and the solemnity of the face are a reaction against the severity and decorativeness usually seen in portraits of soldier-emperors.

Former Cardinal de Richelieu collection. Confiscated during the Revolution
Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Inventaire MR 642
(n° usuel Ma 1020)


Text from: cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=2772&langue=en

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