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Description: Cameo with Livia Holding a Bust of Augustus (?)

TitleCameo with Livia Holding a Bust of Augustus (?)

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date14–37 AD

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsTurquoise

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/155690/cameo-with-livia-holding-a-bust-of-augustus-

Accession number99.109

SubjectsRome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.Cameos, AncientWomen--Rome--HistoryEmpresses--Rome

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The Divine Claudia: Women as Goddesses in Roman Art

Susan B. Matheson

I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome

Sometime during the first half of the second century, during the principate of the emperor Trajan or his successor Hadrian, a woman named Claudia Semne died....

Author

Susan B. Matheson

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.182-193

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31702&redirecttoanchor=106685

Chapter subject tags:Women--Rome--HistoryWomen--Rome--Social conditionsFuneral rites and ceremonies--RomeWomen--Portraits, RomanPortrait sculpture, RomanApotheosisRome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, approximately 58 B.C.-29 A.D.Empresses--Rome

Chapter II: The Age of Augustus & the Birth of Imperial Art

Diana E. E. Kleiner

Roman Sculpture

~The man known to history as Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 B.C. He was the son of Gaius Octavius and Atia, the niece of Julius Caesar. Octavian’s proximity to Caesar gave him early training in public life. At the...

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Diana E. E. Kleiner

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.59-117

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00185.003

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Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, RomanEmperors--RomeRelief (Sculpture), RomanAra Pacis (Rome, Italy)Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Portrait sculpture, RomanRome--HistoryArts, Roman--Greek influencesPortrait sculpture in numismaticsAgrippa, Marcus VipsaniusFuneral rites and ceremonies--RomeArchitecture, RomanWomen--Portraits, Roman

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