Bust of Faustina the Elder
Bust of Faustina the Elder
3D
Published 2017-11-15T16:58:35+00:00
This plaster head is a reworked cast from a bust of Faustina the Elder (Inv. Scu 851) located at The Capitoline Museum in Rome. Faustina (100 AD-140 AD) was the wife of the Emperor Antoninus Pius who, although dying early in the principate of his rule, continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva (feminine of divus, refering to a "deified" or divinized mortal) posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role in Antoninus Pius' régime.
The irises, pupils and iconic hairstyle are well carved and engraved, making it easy to be dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD, in the Antonine age. The original portrait was found during the construction of the Via Principe Eugenio.
If you produce new work with the model and want to share it with us, drop us a line at web@smk.dk or stw@myminifactory.com. This scan was produced in collaboration between The Statens Museum for Kunst and Scan the World for the SMK-Open project. Every model produced from this initiative is available under an open source license.
Scanner - Artec Eva
| Date published | 15/11/2017 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Bust of Faustina the Elder |
| Date | ca. 140 AD |
| Dimension | 50 cm |
| Accession | KAS293 |
| Period | Antonine |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Cast from Capitoline Museum - ORIG635 |
| Record | http://collection.smk.dk/#/en/detail/KAS293 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst |