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Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in the Capitoline Museums). [1]
Pages in category "Marble sculptures in Italy" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total. ... Togatus Barberini; Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany;
The study of Roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to Greek sculpture. Many examples of even the most famous Greek ... The so-called "Togatus Barberini", ...
Thanks to more than 150 artworks from their 4,000-piece collection, the Baroque institution has never looked fresher.
This category contains individual works of sculpture created by the Roman civilization during the 1st century. Though some statues in this category may show Hellenistic influences, this category is only for sculptures that are not direct copies of Hellenistic antecedents.
The so-called "Togatus Barberini" depicting a Roman senator with portrait busts of ancestors, one of which is supported by a herma: marble, late 1st century BC; head (not belonging): middle 1st century BC. [53] Patronage was a cornerstone of Roman politics, business and social relationships.
The Barberini family was originally a family of minor nobility from the Tuscan town of Barberino Val d'Elsa, who settled in Florence during the early part of the 11th century. [1] Carlo Barberini (1488–1566) and his brother Antonio Barberini (1494–1559) were successful Florentine grain, wool and textile merchants.
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