Name that Roman

Most of these Grand Tour Roman cameos have a name attached in Latin of the imperial personage depicted. The fact this one is blank probably indicates it's a generic emperor or Roman.

Mary Beards next book will tackle these sorts of questions, it's about Roman emperors images down through the ages. She did a series of Mellon Lectures on the subject.

Here's Part 1:



The other lectures can be viewed here: https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=mary beard&category=Audio/Video&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=category

 

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This "Grand Tour" will never come to an end. Ha..