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Emperor Trajan
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This statue shows Trajan in ceremonial armor (in contrast to the field equipment seen on the Column of Trajan in Rome), standing or stepping forward as if in the act of addressing his troops. His elaborate cuirass or breastplate has long tabs or pteryges, leather straps at the shoulders, and longer leather straps around the thighs. A tunic is visible under this ensemble, and a long cloak or paludamentum is worn on the left shoulder and around the left arm. The open-toed sandals are purely ceremonial, in keeping with the symbolic nature of the statue as suggested here and in previous publications.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Lord Anson collection Shugborough Staffordshire (by 1782). J. A. Crane collection Birmingham (by 1880). K. J. Hewett collection Chelsea-Hammersmith London (by 1951). [Spink and Son Ltd. London 1954] sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1954.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Title: Emperor Trajan
Description:
This statue shows Trajan in ceremonial armor (in contrast to the field equipment seen on the Column of Trajan in Rome), standing or stepping forward as if in the act of addressing his troops.
His elaborate cuirass or breastplate has long tabs or pteryges, leather straps at the shoulders, and longer leather straps around the thighs.
A tunic is visible under this ensemble, and a long cloak or paludamentum is worn on the left shoulder and around the left arm.
The open-toed sandals are purely ceremonial, in keeping with the symbolic nature of the statue as suggested here and in previous publications.
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Plate XIII: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Plate XIII: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
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Plate IX: Pedestal with entrance door, reliefs and inscription of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
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Plate XVII: detail of the capital of Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Plate XVII: detail of the capital of Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Etching, Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre daciche fatte da Trajano inalzata nel mezzo del Gran Foro...
Plate III: Front view of Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Plate III: Front view of Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Etching, Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre daciche fatte da Trajano inalzata nel mezzo del Gran Foro...
Plate XII: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Plate XII: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Etching, Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre daciche fatte da Trajano inalzata nel mezzo del Gran Foro...
Depictions of helmets from Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Depictions of helmets from Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Etching, Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre daciche fatte da Trajano inalzata nel mezzo del Gran Foro...
Plate IV: vertical section of Trajan's column, from three plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Plate IV: vertical section of Trajan's column, from three plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Etching, Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre daciche fatte da Trajano inalzata nel mezzo del Gran Foro...
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