Camafeo con el retrato del emperador Augusto

ca. 41–54 CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

Este camafeo representa a Augusto desnudo como un semidiós triunfante. Del hombro izquierdo cuelga una capa (aegis) a menudo asociada con los dioses romanos Júpiter y Minerva. La capa está decorada con la cabeza de una deidad del viento, que tal vez represente los vientos veraniegos que traían la flota del grano a Roma desde Egipto y, por ende, haga referencia tangencial a la anexión de Egipto por Augusto tras la derrota de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra en la batalla de Accio en 31 a. C. Su actitud refleja la majestad con la que el primer emperador imbuyó el principado. Durante su largo reinado (27 a. C.–14 d. C.), Augusto fue representado de formas muy diversas y en numerosos materiales, pero su apariencia idealizada era siempre la de un hombre joven y atractivo.

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Título: Camafeo con el retrato del emperador Augusto
Periodo: Periodo claudio
Fecha: 41–54 d. C.
Geografía: Roma
Material: Sardónice
Dimensiones: a. 3,8 cm
Crédito: Compra, legado de Joseph Pulitzer, 1942
Número de inventario: 42.11.30
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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