Relief of Hispania (?) from the Hadrianeum
Relief of Hispania (?) from the Hadrianeum
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Published 2017-04-11T17:41:07+00:00
Just a short walk from the Pantheon, in Piazza di Pietra, are the majestic remains of the Temple of the deified Hadrian (Hadrianeum) built by Antoninus Pius, Hadrian’s adopted son and successor. Of the original temple, only eleven columns with capitals and the cella wall are still visible today.
Nineteen panels survive from what was potentially a much larger series from the Hadrianeum. They were carved in relief with personifications of provinces altered with depictions of captured arms and armour. The reliefs were found without any inscriptions but each figure was wearing and carrying distinctive costumes and attributes. Scholars have attempted to name the provinces they were meant to represent, but unfortunately they have not all been successfully identified.
The panels are on display in five different collections in Rome and Naples. Seven provinces and three reliefs with trophies are prominently displayed in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome (Capitoline Museums).
This represention is heavily considered to be of the Roman province of Hispania.
| Date published | 11/04/2017 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Easy |
| Title | Relief of Hispania (?) from the Hadrianeum |
| Date | 145 AD |
| Dimension | Height, 15 metres |
| Period | Hadrian |
| Medium | Marble |
| Record | https://followinghadrian.com/2015/01/21/the-hadrianeum-and-the-personifications-of-provinces/ |
| Place | Capitoline Museums |
