Great Antonine Altar

The Great Antonine Altar, the Parthian Monument reliefs, post 169 AD, Ephesos Museum Vienna, Austria (20434833803)

The Great Antonine Altar is a high relief monument discovered in Ephesus dating to around 169 CE.[1]

Description

The sculpture depicts the Antonines. Beginning on the far left, Marcus Aurelius is pictured at 17-years-old. Overlapping him, Antoninus Pius stands as a prideful, mature man, bearded, as his father, Hadrian, was known to be. To the right of Antoninus Pius stands Lucius Verus.[2] To his right, we see Hadrian, who cloaks the image of a young woman, Faustina the Younger. She is the daughter of Antoninus Pius and the future wife of Marcus Aurelius.[3] The sculpture is presently housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[1]

See also

Other monuments given by the Ottoman Empire:

References

  1. ^ a b Elsner, Jaś (1998). Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450. Publisher Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780192842015.
  2. ^ "Adoption der Kaiser Lucius Verus und Marc Aurel". KHM.at. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  3. ^ Kleiner, Fred S. (2007). A History of Roman Art (1st ed.). Boston: Wadsworth Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 9780534638467.
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