Torso of an Emperor in Armor

14-68 CE (Imperial)

37 cm 90 cm

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This figure wears a cuirass, or breastplate, decorated with the insignia of the imperial Julio-Claudian family (reigned 14-68 CE), indicating that it portrayed one of Emperor Augustus' successors, perhaps Caligula.

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29436
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 14]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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