Joe Geranio
07-15-2008, 07:17 PM
believe this portrait from la Spezia represents emperor Gaius Caligula before he asscended to power in 37 A.D.
The only known pre-principate portraits of Caligula known are numismatics (coins) from Carthago Nova.
There are no accepted pre-principate portraits of Caligula by scholars and art historians of portraits in the round.
For more on Julio Claudian iconography and portrait study see:
Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. XX, No. 1 (1997) Society for Ancient Numismatics
Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. 21, No. 9 . (2007) The Celator
Joe Geranio
The only known pre-principate portraits of Caligula known are numismatics (coins) from Carthago Nova.
There are no accepted pre-principate portraits of Caligula by scholars and art historians of portraits in the round.
For more on Julio Claudian iconography and portrait study see:
Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. XX, No. 1 (1997) Society for Ancient Numismatics
Geranio, Joe - Portraits of Caligula: The Seated Figure? Vol. 21, No. 9 . (2007) The Celator
Joe Geranio