Great nephew of Augustus, Claude became the Emperor at 51 years old in an unexpected manner after the assassination of Caligula. These portraits depicting the emperor work with the means of the idealisation of imperial figures implemented by Augustus. a powerful conquerer and reformer, he couldn't resist this influence from his wife, Aggripina the Young.

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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)