A bust of Hadrian (r. 117 – 138 AD), the second-century Roman emperor who rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma, was formerly displayed in Pope Sixtus V's Villa Montalto and is now displayed at the British Museum in London.[1] The bust is one of the Townley Marbles collected by Charles Townley (1737–1805) and sold by his heir Peregrine Edward Towneley at a reduced price to the British Museum in 1805. Unlike most busts of Hadrian and other emperors, it shows him in heroic nudity.[1] The bust was found in Rome and is carved from Greek marble.[2]
^ ab"Museum number 1805,0703.94". British Museum. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^Treasures of the World's Cultures exhibition information on the bust
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London, British Museum (Townley Pericles) Inventory Number GR 1805.7-3.91 (Cat. Sculpture 549), found in the Villa of Hadrian, height 0.48m, Inscription...
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the Vatican Museums, British Museum (found at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and owned by Charles Townley) and Altes Museum. Kresilas also created the wounded...
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George Hornby 1865: Thomas Greene 1872: Thomas Batty Addison 1874: Robert Townley Parker 1879: John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh 1892: Sir William...
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several notable contemporary scholars, such as Sir John Soane and Charles Townley, who encouraged his studies and provided him with rare antiquities. James...
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