ancientpeoples:Statue of a Youth on Horseback AD 1-50 Roman The boy’s facial features and hairstyl
ancientpeoples: Statue of a Youth on Horseback AD 1-50 Roman The boy’s facial features and hairstyle resemble those of members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors. When the sculpture first entered the Museum it was identified as a portrait of the emperor Caligula or Gaius (AD 37-41) in his youth. Later it was thought that the head might not belong to the body, and that the body itself dated to the mid-later second century, representing, perhaps, one of the imperial princes of that period. During recent cleaning, however, it was observed that the marble of the head of the youth and the unrestored parts of the horse were the same. This has raised once more the possibility that horse and rider belong and indeed represent a Julio-Claudian prince. (Source: The British Museum) -- source link
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