Emperor Lucius Verus, front

Louvre Museum

---

Emperor Lucius Verus. Co-emperor of Marcus Aurelius from 161 to 169 AD. Villa of his wife Lucille in Acqua Traversa, near Rome. Between 180 and 183 AD. Marble. The only type of portraits of this emperor executed during his reign is here enlarged for a posthumous effigy where the sensitivity of the Antonine style becomes a baroque abundance. Former Borghese collection. Purchase, 1807. Inventory MR 550 (usual n? Ma 1170)

---

Emperor Lucius Verus

---