Caracalla
Cavaceppi studium
Caracalla
End of 18th century
Plaster
Cavaceppi was also responsible for this plaster cast of the marble bust of Emperor Caracalla in the Capitoline Museums that dates from the early years of his reign. The Roman statue was restored by Napollioni in the nose, hair and right eyebrow.
The design of the armour tells us that the bust was made during the Flavian-Trajan period.
The strong expressiveness of the face, typical of the various portraits of Caracalla, was much admired by experts in the late eighteenth century and believed to be one of the last examples of authentic Roman art.
Provenance:
From the Tribuna with fountain of Villa Torlonia