Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID 1783
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Roman world

Lucius Verus

MNAT-387

Object type
statue, portrait head
Production date
101 / 200
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Materials
Luni-Carrara marble
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
31,5 x 24 x 26,5 cm
Description
A portrait of the Emperor Lucius Verus (161-169), co-regent with Marcus Aurelius, found in the area of the Forum of the Colonia in Tarraco. This was the official image of the emperor distributed throughout the Empire. It was probably carved in a local workshop based on a prototype created in Rome by an official sculptor. Although it contains unmistakeable features of the Emperor, the face also corresponds to the ideal stereotype of handsomeness of the time.