IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 209386 accession number: GR.1.2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 3 August 2016 updated: Thursday 23 March 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Marble bust of the Roman Emperor Commodus (AD 180 - 192). A Roman marble portrait bust of the Emperor Commodus c. 191-192 AD. Over-life sized, finely sculpted, with sereneexpression gazing to the right, the heavy, hooded eyes with articulated pupils and finely carved curving brows above, his full lips above a thick, incised moustache, his luxurious beard with heavy drill work to accentuate the curls, his hair with similar drill work at the front, the back with thick undrilled curls, his ears thick with prominent earlobes, wearing a paludamentum over a tunic carved with heavy u-shaped folds below his neck, vertical folds over his left shoulder, and fastened on his right shoulder with a circular brooch, quartered within a raised border. title: bust NOTES ----- type: history note value: Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779); Lieutenant-General Charles Churchill (1679-1745), acquired from the Cardinal on a visit to Rome in July 1731. Gifted to Sir Robert Walpole, later first Earl of Orford (1676-1745) for the terms and consoles of the Stone Hall at Houghton, and by descent to David, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities creditline: Accepted in lieu of Inheritance tax from Lord Cholomondeley by H.M. Governement and allocated to The Fitzwilliam Museum. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209386 TECHNIQUES ---------- drilling TECHNIQUES ---------- carving CATEGORIES ------ category: figure DATING ------ creation date: 180 - 192 creation date earliest: 180 creation date latest: 192 CITATIONS -------- Aedes Walpolianae Ancient marbles in Great Britain Romische Ikonographie II 2: Die Bildnisse der romischen Kaiser. Von Galba bis Commodus Katalog der romischen Portrats in den Capitolonoschen Mussen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom 1. Kaiser und Prinzenbildnisse Die Herrscherbildnisse in antoninischer Zeit. Das romische Herrscherbild II 4 Boreas 2 Boreas 3 Classical Sculpture in English Country Houses Walpole's Roman Legion: Antique Sculpture at Houghton Hall Romische Ikonographie II 3 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant48/GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 875 pixels width: 626 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant48/mid_GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 699 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant48/GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 875 pixels width: 626 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant48/preview_GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc2.jpg height: 349 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/140/545/large_GR_1_2016_Bust_of_Commodus_mas.jpg height: 1422 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/140/545/mid_GR_1_2016_Bust_of_Commodus_mas.jpg height: 694 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/GR.1.2016_Bust of Commodus_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/140/545/preview_GR_1_2016_Bust_of_Commodus_mas.jpg height: 347 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/140/545/GR_1_2016_Bust_of_Commodus_mas.ptif height: 4000 pixels width: 2880 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/132/large_GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 1534 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/132/mid_GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 749 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/132/GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 4000 pixels width: 2670 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/132/preview_GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/132/GR_1_2016_1_201704_mfj22_dc1.ptif height: 4000 pixels width: 2670 pixels