Barbarian Submission at Marcus Aurelius

Barbarian Submission at Marcus Aurelius

Barbarian Submission at Marcus Aurelius - relief
is part of > Arch of Marcus Aurelius
CensusID: 151703
Location
Roma, Musei Capitolini
Inventory no. inv. 809; Scala II, no. 10
Subdivision Palazzo dei Conservatori
Description
Class
Type
Material
Present Condition
Original
Number
Descriptive Details
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sculpture
relief
marble: Luni/Carrara
restored
yes
01
figures, 9
male, 9
mounted, 4
portrait
center:
imperator
Marcus Aurelius
on horseback
right arm lightly raised
bearded
draped
paludamentum
armor
sword
background:
attendant
on horseback
bearded
dressed
paludamentum
armor
soldiers, 2
on horseback
bearded
helmet
cuirass
left:
officer
bearded
standing
dressed
paludamentum
armor
helmet
armed
spear
sword
right:
soldiers, 2
standing
holding roll
bearded
dressed
paludamentum
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Dimensions
armor
helmet
sandals
shield
males, 2
bearded
kneeling
arms raised
facing Marcus Aurelius
dressed
cloak
barbarians
animals, 3
horses, 3
oak trees, 2
standards, 2
height: 3.12 m
width: 2.21 m
History
Date of Creation
Style
Artist(s)/Creator(s)
Reason
Documentation
176
Antonine
unknown
happened to be around
> Biondo 1444-1450 (Fauno 1543) > book 3 > fol. 55 r > B (Census)
> Biondo 1481 > book 3 > ch. 055 (Census)
> Albertini 1510 (Opusculum) > book 1 > ch. 12 > fol. Giii v > lines 01-10
(Census)
Preservation Event(s) Date
1515
Action removed
Note(s) The relief was probably preserved in the church of S. Martina
since late Antiquity; cf. Helbig 1963-1972, vol. II, p. 255.
Documentation:
> Aldrovandi 1556 > p. 268.G - p. 276.A > p. 271.D (Census)
> Aldrovandi 1562 > p. 268.F - p. 276.A > p. 271.D (Census)
Date
1572
Action removed
Note(s) Moved from the courtyard into the staircase of the Palazzo dei
Conservatori (actual location); cf. Helbig 1963-1972, vol. II, p.
255.
Provenance
Provenance Event(s) Date
post 1443-ante 1516
Location Roma, S. Martina
Documentation:
> Biondo 1444-1450 (Fauno 1543) > book 3 > fol. 55 r > B (Census)
> Biondo 1481 > book 3 > ch. 055 (Census)
> Albertini 1510 (Opusculum) > book 1 > ch. 12 > fol. Giii v > lines 0110 (Census)
Date
post 1515
Location Roma, Palazzo dei Conservatori (ante 1544)
Documentation:
> Aldrovandi 1556 > p. 268.G - p. 276.A > p. 271.D (Census)
> Aldrovandi 1562 > p. 268.F - p. 276.A > p. 271.D (Census)
Firenze, Uffizi, GDSU: > inv. 1143 A v > A (Census)
Firenze, Uffizi, GDSU: > inv. 896 A > A (Census)
Relationships
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Census Document(s):
> Biondo 1481 > book 3 > ch. 055
Milano, Bibl. Ambrosiana: > Anon. Ambros. Skb. > F 237 inf., no. 1687-88 r
> Albertini 1510 (Opusculum) > book 1 > ch. 12 > fol. Giii v > lines 01-10
untraced: > Inscription of Leo X.
Roma, Città del Vaticano, BAV: > Codex Barberini > fol. 60 r > B
Mantova, Palazzo d'Arco: > Zodiacal Cycle > north wall > Aries, main field
London, BM, P&D: > inv. F.II.14
Oxford, Ashmolean Mus., P&D: > Ripanda Skb. > fol. 48 r
untraced: > Iter Italicum > p. 28
> Biondo 1444-1450 (Fauno 1543) > book 3 > fol. 55 r > B
Firenze, Uffizi, GDSU: > inv. 896 A > A
Firenze, Uffizi, GDSU: > inv. 1143 A v > A
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: > Lehmann Coll., Szabo Cat. no. 158
Berlin, SBBPK: > Codex Pighianus > fol. 107 v
> Aldrovandi 1556 > p. 268.G - p. 276.A > p. 271.D
> Aldrovandi 1562 > p. 268.F - p. 276.A > p. 271.D
Real Monasterio El Escorial: > Antigualhas > fol. 25 v > B
Roma, Città del Vaticano, BAV: > Codex Ursinianus > fol. 073 r
Roma, Archivio Storico Capitolino: > Arch. Boccapaduli, Arm. ii, Mazzo iv, no. 52
Edinburgh, NGS, P&D: > inv. D 3199 r
References
Bibliography:
> Henry Stuart Jones: A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures Preserved in the Municipal Collections of
Rome, vol. 2, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford 1926 > pp. 27-30, pl. 12
> Wolfgang Helbig: Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rom, 4 vols.,
Tübingen 1963-1972 > vol. II, pp. 255-261, no. 1444
> Phyllis Pray Bober, Ruth Rubinstein: Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture. A Handbook of
Sources, London/Oxford 1986 > p. 196, no. 163
> Angelicoussis, Elizabeth: The Panel Reliefs of Marcus Aurelius, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen
Archäologischen Institutes. Römische Abteilung XCI, 1984, pp. 141-205, Taf. 61-76 > pp. 141-205,
pl. 61-76
> Francis Haskell, Nicholas Penny: Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900,
New Haven/London 1981 > pp. 255-257, no. 56
Comment
inserted:
Thomas Fröhlich
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