Antinous Standing In Basalt Black Foundry Cast Bronze after Meissen

after Meissen

Set of three relic plaques

the Roman senator who initiated the plot to kill emperor Caesar

Versatile enough to complement both period interiors and contemporary gallery-style spaces

A Journey Through History

Antinous Standing In Basalt Black Foundry Cast Bronze after MeissenAntinous statue, after the Capitoline. A Grand Tour statue, full figure of Antinous, in Basalt black. With an intelligence as dazzling as his beauty, Antinous captured the hearts and minds of everyone, especially the Roman emperor Hadrian, 127 AD. Antinous and Hadrian had an intense affair, which came to a premature end with the death of Antinous, aged 20. His death has been debated for 1800 years. History records that Hadrian explained the drowning