Sculpture, Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, Spain
Sculpture of Emperor Lucius Verus, 161-169 AD, co-regent with Marcus Aurelius, marble, 2nd century AD, found in the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. This was the official idealised image of the emperor distributed throughout the Empire, carved in a local workshop based on a prototype created in Rome by an official sculptor. Tarragona was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14117142
Media ID
45943545
Size
4724px x 7087px
(6.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
