Germanicus from Gabii in the Louvre, June 2014

Portrait of Germanicus

statue
Period / period: Imperial Roman

Date of creation / manufacture: 2nd quarter of the century.AD (posthumous portrait from the time of Caligula or Claudius; pendant from MA 1231 after Hallett) (25 - 50)
Place of creation: Rome
Discovery place: Gabii - 1792

Inventory number
Catalog number: Ma 1238
Other inventory number: MR 210
Other inventory number: N 1555
Collection: Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

Germanicus (portrait, half-nude, mantle, half-drape)

State of the work: The statue is made up of two glued fragments. The right calf and numerous fragments in the back have been glued. The nose and ears have been redone. The right arm is missing. Left hand fingers and attribute, right foot, left foot, back mantle bottom, support and plinth have been redone. Presence of chips on the drapery. The gaps except the right arm were completed in marble by Pacetti

Physical characteristics
Dimensions: Height: 205 cm; Antique height: 180 cm; Width: 78 cm; Depth: 68 cm

Materials and techniques
Material: marble
Technique: in the round (sculpture)

Places and dates
Dated
Period / period: Imperial Roman
Date of creation / manufacture: 2nd quarter of the century. ap. AD (posthumous portrait from the time of Caligula or Claudius; pendant from MA 1231 after Hallett) (25 - 50)
Place of origin: Rome
Date of discovery: 1792
Place of discovery: Gabii - 1792

History
Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee: Borghese, Camille (collection)

Acquisition details: purchase
Acquisition date: date: 1807
Owned by: state
Held by: Louvre Museum, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

Text from: collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010275392