Castel Sant'Angelo - Wikipedia
Castel Sant'Angelo is a cylindrical building in Rome, Italy, that was originally a mausoleum for the Roman emperor Hadrian and his family. It later became a fortress, a residence and a prison for the popes, and now a museum with a statue of an angel on top.
Bust of Hadrian (Piraeus) - Wikipedia
The Portrait bust of Hadrian (Greek: Πορτραίτο του Αδριανού) is the surviving upper part of a colossal statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138), now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus in Greece. It is the only colossal statue of the emperor in Greece today.
statue - British Museum
Hadrian, apparently aged arouund 30, is clearly recognisable from his incipient beard, moustache and distinctive physiognomy. However, the portrait is in an extremely provincial style, exemplified by the tightly bunched curvilinear hair, the large ears and the wide spacing of the eyes.
Hadrian - Wikipedia
This statue of Hadrian in Greek dress was revealed in 2008 to have been forged in the Victorian era by cobbling together a head of Hadrian and an unknown body. For years, the statue had been used by historians as proof of Hadrian's love of Hellenic culture.
Western sculpture - Roman, Greek, Hadrian | Britannica
Portrait statues of Hadrian’s Bithynian favourite, Antinoüs, reveal a conscious return in the pose and proportions of the body to Classical Greek standards, combined with a new emotionalism and sensuousness in the rendering of the head.
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Bronze statue of Hadrian from the legionary camp at Tel …
Jan 13, 2015 · A magnificent bronze statue of Hadrian, now on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, was found by chance by an American tourist in Tel Shalem (Beth Shean Valley, Israel) on 25th July 1975 while searching for ancient coins with a metal detector. Tel Shalem was once occupied by a detachment of the Sixth Roman Legion (Legio VI Ferrata).
statue - British Museum
Marble statue of the emperor Hadrian, in Greek dress, offering a sprig of laurel to Apollo.
statue - British Museum
statue. Museum number 1861,1127.35. Description Marble torso of the Emperor Hadrian in military dress. Cultures/periods ... 2008 24 Jul-26 Aug, London, BM, 'Hadrian: Empire and Conflict' 2018 23 Feb – 22 Apr, Nashville, Frist Art Museum, 'Rome; City &Empire' 2018-2019 20 Sep-04 Feb, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, 'Rome; City &Empire ...
Bronze Head of Hadrian - World History Encyclopedia
Sep 23, 2022 · Bronze head of Roman emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE) found in the River Thames in London in 1834. It belonged to a larger-than-life-size statue that may have been created and erected to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Roman Britain in 122 CE.