07-17-2009, 02:01 PM
Quote:Were all statues of emperor's lifelike? What if the artist was asked to make omne for an upcoming visit, but had never seen the man before?The emperors sent moulds and there was serie production. Therefore, portraits made in Eburacum and Aelia Capitolina could be more or less identical. Cf the reconstruction of the sculptor's workshop in Orientalis below, where our friend Jurjen works.
Quote:Based purely on the looks of the statue he looks like Lucius Verus in my opinion...Slightly forked beard and no moustache: you may be right.
