ROMAN

SCULPTURE

Overview
Roman sculpture was originally styled after the Greek
Many examples of even the most famous Greek sculptures, such as the Apollo
Belvedere and Barberini Faun, are known only from Roman Imperial or Hellenistic
copies
Later developed to equestrian sculpture and portrait busts by the 20 th century BC

Apollo Belvedere

Barberini Faun

Equestrian sculpture
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, gilded bronze, c. 173-76 C.E. (Capitoline
Museums, Rome).
It was located near the Lateran Palace, until it was placed in the center of the
Piazza del Campidoglio in 1538 by Michelangelo.
Marcus Aurelius ruled ca. 161-180 C.E.

Portrait busts
Brutus

Julius Caesar

Roman woman

Cleopatra

Old market
woman

Scenes from Roman sarcophagi

Portonaccio
sarcophagus
with a battle

Children playing with nuts

Sarcophagus with the Calydonian hunt

Sarcophagus with the Four Seasons allegory (3rd century)