Titus Livius
c. 1550
Titus Livius
Livius (or Liry), the most important Roman historian of the Augustan period, came from Padua, where he had been enthusiastically revered from the beginning of the Renaissance. In 1546/47, a monument was erected to him in the Palazzo della Ragione and decorated with a bust “all’antica”, which was of great significance for the development of this genre in Padua and Venice. Demand for more depictions of Livius soon increased, mainly among the city’s university scholars.
Object data
Object Name
Statue
Culture
Padua
Dated
c. 1550
Material
Marble
Dimensions
h. 67 cm; with base H. 85 cm, W. 56 cm, D. 28 cm; base plinth: 23 x 20,5 cm
Height of the head to the insertion into the shoulder: 22 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 7499
Provenance
(48/PL/1922); from the Estensian Collection; 1872 Catajo Inv., No.1230; 1803 Catajo Inv., p.2
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