Trebonianus Gallus — emperor or athlete? Rethinking a modern attribution

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In the chaos of the 3rd century, can we be sure about the identification of this statue?

 

Bronze statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, 251-53 C.E., bronze, 241.3 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe and Dr. Beth Harris.

 

Additional resources:

This work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe, “Said to be or not said to be: the findspot of the so-called Trebonianus Gallus statue at the Metropolitan Museum in New York,” Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 27, issue 2 (July 2015)

Roman Portrait Sculpture: The Stylistic Cycle on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Cite this page as: Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe and Dr. Beth Harris, "Trebonianus Gallus — emperor or athlete? Rethinking a modern attribution," in Smarthistory, April 16, 2018, accessed March 22, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/trebonianus-gallus-emperor-or-athlete-rethinking-a-modern-attribution/.