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[Augustus of Prima Porta]

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Date: about 1870–1890
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A marble sculpture of Augustus Caesar. He is wearing military clothing with a cloth wrapped around his waist and draped over one arm. His right hand is raised in an adlocutio pose. He is holding a long staff with the other hand. A small Cupid riding a dolphin is beside his right foot.

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