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Torso of an Emperor in Armor

Roman (Sculptor)
14-68 CE (Imperial)
Parian marble
(Roman Empire )

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.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

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.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
8/31/1961 Treatment cleaned; other
8/31/1961 Treatment cleaned
9/15/1961 Treatment other
7/20/1970 Treatment cleaned
1/1/1992 Technical Report x-ray diffraction; other
2/9/2000 Treatment repaired; cleaned; other
10/10/2001 Treatment other
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Geographies

Italy, Rome (Place of Origin) Greece, Paros, Lychnite Quarry (Source of Materials)

Measurements

H: 35 7/16 x D at waist: 14 9/16 in. (90 x 37 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Roman Art

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

23.80

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