New studies on the portrait of Caligula in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / / edited by Peter J.M. Schertz, Bernard Frischer.

• Superior document: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; Volume 26
• TeilnehmendeR: Schertz, Peter,; Frischer, Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Monumenta Graeca et Romana ; Volume 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

The essays in New Studies on the Portrait of Caligula in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts address art historical, historical, cultural and museological issues raised by one of two surviving intact statues of the Roman emperor Caligula (r. 37-41 C.E.). Contributions focus on the creation of a 3D-digital model of the statue and the search for traces of its original polychromy; the history of the statue from its creation to the present, including its rediscovery at a Julio-Claudian sanctuary at Bovillae; aspects of Caligula’s literary and visual portrayal in antiquity and modern historiography (including questions concerning the destruction of his portraits and the implications of Jewish sources for the study of Caligula); and the emperor’s image in popular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction with remarks on the methodological implications of the digital restoration of the Richmond Caligula / Bernard Frischer -- Discovery and modern history of the Richmond Caligula / Maria Grazia Picozzi -- Caligula now : displaying Caligula to a 21st-century audience / Peter Schertz.