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Artist:
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Giovanni Battista Caccini
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Title:
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Bust of Emperor Hadrian as a Young Man
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Date:
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c. 1590
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Medium:
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Marble
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Dimensions:
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24 3/16 x 20 3/8 x 9 in. (61.44 x 51.75 x 22.86 cm) (without base)
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Credit Line:
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The James Ford Bell Foundation Endowment for Art Acquisition
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Location:
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Gallery 340
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With dense, curly hair and a strap-like beard and mustache, this bust is a Renaissance interpretation of a once-popular Roman portrait believed to be of the Emperor Hadrian (r. AD 117-138). A great patron of the arts and in the Renaissance celebrated as one of Romeâs âfive good emperors,â Hadrian was also known for his Philhellenism. One such manifestation of his admiration for Greek culture is his beard and mustache, which he wore to fashion himself as a Greek philosopher. The emperorâs example made facial hair chic once again among the Roman elite. Beards remained all the rage for almost a century.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Caccini, Giovanni Battista
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Nationality:
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Italian
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Life Dates:
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Italian, 1556 - 1613
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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Physical Description:
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bust of a man with thick curly hair, beard under his chin and moustache; draping garment with round brooch at PR shoulder; unfinished concave back
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Italy, , ,
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Accession #:
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2010.10
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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