Roman Marble Sculptures 6 ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF A YOUTHFUL MARCUS AURELIUS AS CAESAR, TOGATE, approximately 3/4 life-size. Ca. 140 AD. H. 49 in. (125 cm.) Given that title in AD 139 by the Emperor Antoninus Pius after adopting him as his heir. Found near Bath, England. Ex A. T. collection, Geneva, Switzerland; J. Turner, Amsterdam, 1984; F.A.collection, Paris, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1991; S.G. collection, South Carolina, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1998. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, 1985, p. 90, no. 263. Cf. a similar togate portrait in the Capitoline Museum of Marcus Annius Verus. The head, made separately, is set into the body but belongs.
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