Funeral bust of the freedman C. Aurunceius Princeps
Funeral bust of the freedman C. Aurunceius Princeps
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Published 2018-03-26T08:45:29+00:00
Funeral bust of the freedman C. Aurunceius Princeps, Circa 40-50 CE, Rome (tomb of the Aurunceu near Porta Tiburtina, 1880), Marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality.
This portrait of a former slave (Princeps) who has become a Roman citizen mimics the verist tendency typical of patrician portraits. The work adorned his tomb (columbarium). A columbarium is a building in which the urns of members of the same family or of the same professional association (which forms a collegium funeraticium) are kept in niches in the walls, evoking a dovecote, hence the name. Inscription: C (aio) Aurunceio C (ai) (and) M (arci) l (iberto) Principi / conliberti and conlibertae honoris caussa (sic) merenti (for Caius Aurunceius Princeps, freed from Caius and Marcus Aurunceius, [this portrait was raised by] his freedman and freedwoman, as a tribute because he deserved it).
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| Date published | 26/03/2018 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Funeral bust of the freedman C. Aurunceius Princeps |
| Date | 40-50 CE |
| Dimension | 0.70 m X 0.50 m X 0.50 m |
| Medium | marble |
| Place | Cinquantenaire Museum |
