Lot 348
BRONZE FIGURE OF AUGUSTUS OF PRIMA PORTA, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day Two | Thurs 10th September | Lots 256 to 507
Description
dark brown patina, on a circular base with integral turning handle
Dimensions
33cm high
Footnote
This figure of the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus is based on the 1st century AD Roman marble now in the Vatican Museums. It derives its name from Prima Porta, near Rome, where it was excavated in 1863 at Villa Livia, the home of Caesar's third wife Livia Drusilla.