File:Portrait Head of Caligula - Getty Museum (72.AA.155).jpg

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Portrait Head of Caligula  wikidata:Q124745121 reasonator:Q124745121
Artist
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Title
Portrait Head of Caligula
label QS:Len,"Portrait Head of Caligula"
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait head Edit this at Wikidata
Description

The Roman emperor Gaius, more commonly known by his nickname Caligula, ruled from A.D. 37 to 41 and was extremely unpopular. In fact, after he was murdered, almost all portraits of him were destroyed.

The Romans had a long tradition of portraiture, but portraits of emperors had a specific propaganda function beyond that of ordinary portraits. The actual appearance of the individual was combined with the political message that the portrait was meant to convey. Portraits of Caligula show a young man with a high forehead, small mouth, and thin lips. He is identifiable as an individual, yet his hairstyle copies that of the emperor Augustus, making a deliberate allusion to his dynastic connection and his right to rule.

The depiction of the emperor in these official portraits bears no resemblance to the unpleasant descriptions of Caligula provided by Roman writers such as Suetonius:

Height: tall -- Complexion: pallid -- Body: hairy and badly built -- Neck: thin -- Legs: spindling -- Eyes: sunken -- Temples: hollow -- Forehead: broad and forbidding -- Scalp: almost hairless, especially on top. Because of his baldness and hairiness he announced that it was a capital offense either for anyone to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Depicted people Caligula Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 37 and 41 AD
date QS:P,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+0037-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+0041-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Roman Empire (circa 27 BC
date QS:P,-0027-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–395) Edit this at Wikidata
Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 43 cm (16.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 21.5 cm (8.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; depth: 25 cm (9.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+43U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+21.5U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+25U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 209, Early Roman Sculpture
Accession number
72.AA.155 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Roman Empire Edit this at Wikidata
References J. Paul Getty Museum object ID: 103SXA Edit this at Wikidata

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English: Portrait Head of Caligula Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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The Getty Center, Object 103SXA

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