Great Antonine Altar

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The Great Antonine Altar, the Parthian Monument reliefs, post 169 AD, Ephesos Museum Vienna, Austria (20434833803) Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, small Lucius Verus and Hadrian, a scene of a cycle "Adoption" of the Parthian frieze from Ephesus, the Parthian Monument reliefs, post 169 AD, Ephesos Museum Vienna, Austria (20434833803).jpg
The Great Antonine Altar, the Parthian Monument reliefs, post 169 AD, Ephesos Museum Vienna, Austria (20434833803)

The Great Antonine Altar is a high relief monument discovered in Ephesus dating to around 169 CE. [1]

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Description

The sculpture depicts the Antonines. Beginning on the far left, Marcus Aurelius is pictured at 17-years-old. Overlapping him, Antoninus Pius stands as a prideful, mature man, bearded, as his father, Hadrian, was known to be. To the right of Antoninus Pius stands Lucius Verus. [2] To his right, we see Hadrian, who cloaks the image of a young woman, Faustina the Younger. She is the daughter of Antoninus Pius and the future wife of Marcus Aurelius. [3] The sculpture is presently housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. [1]

See also

Other monuments given by the Ottoman Empire:

References

  1. 1 2 Elsner, Jaś (1998). Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450. Publisher Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN   9780192842015.
  2. ↑ "Adoption der Kaiser Lucius Verus und Marc Aurel". KHM.at. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  3. ↑ Kleiner, Fred S. (2007). A History of Roman Art (1st ed.). Boston: Wadsworth Publishing. p. 187. ISBN   9780534638467.
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