A Roman Marble Cuirassed Torso of an Emperor
A Roman Marble Cuirassed Torso of an Emperor, Flavian Period, 3rd Quarter of the 1st Century A.D.
A fragmentary Roman marble torso of an emperor from the Flavian period, likely representing Titus or Domitian. The figure wears elaborate military regalia with a decorated cuirass featuring mythological and martial imagery including a gorgoneion, eagle, and trophy design.
- Medium
- probably representing Titus or Domitian, standing against a fragmentary support with the weight on his right leg, and wearing a tunic, leather corselet and kilt, and bronze breastplate decorated in relief on the chest with a gorgoneion and on the abdomen with a Roman soldier and a barbarian captive flanking a military trophy, the pteryges ornamented with various motifs including a gorgoneion, an eagle with outspread wings, a ram's head, a lion's head, and an exploding star.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
July 3, 2024
Estimate: $60,000 – $90,000
Lot 17
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