Presented here is a portrait of Commodus preserved in Trento in the Buonconsiglio Castle. Considered a portrait of Marcus Aurelius or of an "ideal emperor" . Here is proposed the identification of the head with that of the Roman emperor Commodus Until now (a part a short note by Klaus Fittschen) this portrait has never been studied in detail. Here it is explained how it ended up in the collections of the Buonconsiglio Castle.
Un ritratto di Commodo nelle collezioni del Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento) / Mosca, Annapaola. - In: MITTEILUNGEN DES DEUTSCHEN ARCHAEOLOGISCHEN INSTITUTS. ROEMISCHE ABTEILUNG. - ISSN 0342-1287. - 130/2024:130(2025), pp. 194-204. [10.34780/jpj90p34]
Un ritratto di Commodo nelle collezioni del Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento)
Annapaola Mosca
2025-01-01
Abstract
Presented here is a portrait of Commodus preserved in Trento in the Buonconsiglio Castle. Considered a portrait of Marcus Aurelius or of an "ideal emperor" . Here is proposed the identification of the head with that of the Roman emperor Commodus Until now (a part a short note by Klaus Fittschen) this portrait has never been studied in detail. Here it is explained how it ended up in the collections of the Buonconsiglio Castle.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
