Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs, from Constantinople, c. 305, porphyry, 4′ 3″ high (St. Marks, Venice)

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Tetrarchs, oblique busts

Tetrarchs from right

View of Tetrarchs

Tetrarchs, half length on edge

Tetrarchs, view from left

Tetrarchs, lower half

Tetrarchs, detail from right

Tetrarchs, four busts

Tetrarchs, detail with legs

Tetrarchs, detail with skirts and scabbards

Tetrarchs, detail with hands on hilts

Tetrarchs, left busts

Tetrarchs, right heads close

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Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs," in Smarthistory, December 10, 2015, accessed April 23, 2019, https://smarthistory.org/portraits-of-the-four-tetrarchs/.