THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Portraiture | Roman Portraiture | Portraits of the Roman emperors and their family and friends | Antoninus Pius | Faustina the Elder (wife of Antoninus Pius)
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Head of Faustina the Elder.
Marble. Ca. 140 CE.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Faustina the Elder (posthumous portrait).
Marble.
Late 2nd century.
Inv. Nos. MR 485 / Ma 1183.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Faustina the Elder.
The head does not belong to the bust.
Luna marble.
138—150 CE.
Inv. No. S 851.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Gallery.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina. Decursio relief, base of the Column of Antoninus Pius.
White Italian marble.
161 CE.
Inv. No. 5115.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Cortile delle Corazze.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Antoninus Pius and Faustina on the wings of the Genius of Death. Fragment of relief on the front face of the pedestal of the Antoninus Pius’ column.
White Italian marble.
161 CE.
Inv. No. 5115.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Cortile delle Corazze.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Antoninus Pius and Faustina on the wings of the Genius of Death. Fragment of relief on the front face of the pedestal of the Antoninus Pius’ column.
White Italian marble.
161 CE.
Inv. No. 5115.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Cortile delle Corazze.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Bust of Faustina the Elder.
Marble. 2nd century.
Inv. No. 255.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Round Room, 5.
8. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Faustina the Elder.
Marble.
Mid-2nd century.
Inv. No. AS I 12.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Faustina the Elder.
Marble.
Mid-2nd century.
Inv. No. AS I 12.
Vienna, Museum of Art History.