Severan Family Portrait
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Title
Severan Family Portrait
Description
Tondo from Djemila (Algeria), probably AD 199 (G. M. A. Hanfmann, Roman Art, 1964, pl. XLVIII), showing the Severan dynasty: Septimius Severus with Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face is smeared out, probably because of the damnatio memoriae put against him by Caracalla. Tempera on wood, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin (inv. 31.329).
Date
199 CE
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Diam. 30 cm.
Citation
“Severan Family Portrait,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art Exhibits, accessed September 22, 2024, https://library.willamette.edu/hfma/omeka/items/show/135.