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Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus

Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in. (3.7 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 41-54. The cameo depicts Augustus as a triumphant demigod wearing the aegis, a cape usually associated with Jupiter and Minerva. Here, it is decorated with the head of a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification of the summer winds that brought the corn fleet from Egypt to Rome and so an oblique reference to Augustus's annexation of Egypt after the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 B.C.
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Title:
Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus
Caption:
Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in. (3.7 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 41-54. The cameo depicts Augustus as a triumphant demigod wearing the aegis, a cape usually associated with Jupiter and Minerva. Here, it is decorated with the head of a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification of the summer winds that brought the corn fleet from Egypt to Rome and so an oblique reference to Augustus's annexation of Egypt after the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 B.C.
Technique/material:
Sardonyx
Period:
Early Imperial, Claudian
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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