Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
ca. 1565-1585 (Renaissance)
H: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm); H with base: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
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This is a reduction of the monumental statue on the Capitoline Hill, Rome, dedicated in AD 176- the only equestrian statue from antiquity to have survived. It escaped being melted down for cannon because it was thought to represent Constantine, the first Christian emperor. I...
Artifact
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20970
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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