
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Empress Sabina
Ancient Roman · 134, issued by Hadrian
Provenance
Ownership history
- Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012-present. (Added July 2013)
- The Art Institute of Chicago, A Portrait of Antinous, in Two Parts, Gallery 154, April 2 - September 5, 2016.
Literature
Published references
- Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 54.
- Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.
- Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 51 Aureus Portraying Sabina: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
- https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/538
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