The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Aurelius Antoninus Pius
late 1400s
(Italian, c. 1436–1504)
Overall: 50.5 x 34 x 13 cm (19 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Location: 117A Italian Renaissance
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The artist can be identified by his distinctive flame-shaped curls forming the beard.Description
A laurel wreath rests on this Roman emperor’s finely articulated corkscrew curls, underscoring his military triumphs. While many ancient and classically inspired marble sculptures were painted, the survival of pigments is rare. In addition to the vibrant green coloring, traces of gold also remain on the leaves.- Eugene Piot (Paris, Frnace), sold, Hotel Drouot, Mary 21-24, 1890.by 1922 - 1923 French & Company (New York, New York), sold to Coralie Walker Hanna, 19221922 - 1936 Coralie Walker Hanna (Cleveland, Ohio)Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1939.
- Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115 Reproduced: p. 92; Mentioned: p. 94 www.jstor.org
- Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).
- {{cite web|title=Aurelius Antoninus Pius|url=false|author=Gregorio di Lorenzo|year=late 1400s|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.160