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Ii Century Collection

The II century was a time of artistic brilliance and cultural diversity, as evidenced by the remarkable masterpieces that have survived to this day

Background imageIi Century Collection: The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo
PWI105675 The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, copy after an original of the 2nd century BC, the mattress is an addition by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) (marble) by Roman

Background imageIi Century Collection: Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)

Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)
8620157 Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620153 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620148 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620145 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620141 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Portrait of Marcus Aurelius Probus, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD (gilt bronze)

Portrait of Marcus Aurelius Probus, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD (gilt bronze)
8620129 Portrait of Marcus Aurelius Probus, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD (gilt bronze) by Roman, (2nd-3rd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)

Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)
8620160 Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)

Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)
8620159 Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620154 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620152 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620151 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620146 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: The battle of the Amazons, 2nd-3rd century AD

The battle of the Amazons, 2nd-3rd century AD
8620123 The battle of the Amazons, 2nd-3rd century AD by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia, Italy; (add.info.: The battle of the Amazons, 2nd-3rd century AD)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620150 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620149 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620147 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620143 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620140 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620155 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620144 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620142 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Bust of emperor Lucius Verus, AD 160-170 (marble)

Bust of emperor Lucius Verus, AD 160-170 (marble)
8620090 Bust of emperor Lucius Verus, AD 160-170 (marble) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta), Parma, Emlia-Romagna

Background imageIi Century Collection: Hercules, one of the two palatine colossi, 2nd century AD (basanite stone)

Hercules, one of the two palatine colossi, 2nd century AD (basanite stone)
8620014 Hercules, one of the two palatine colossi, 2nd century AD (basanite stone) by Greek school, (2nd century); Galleria Nazionale (Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta), Parma, Emilia-Romagna

Background imageIi Century Collection: Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)

Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic)
8620158 Mosaic floor with geometric decoration, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD, from via Piamarta (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)

Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic)
8620156 Geometric pattern from the Via san Rocchino domus, 2nd century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century); Museo di Santa Giulia, Museo della citta, Brescia

Background imageIi Century Collection: Statue of Saturn, god of time

Statue of Saturn, god of time
7287218 Statue of Saturn, god of time; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Saturn, god of time. Roman sculture dating on the 2nd century AD)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD, from villa Adriana (marble)

Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD, from villa Adriana (marble)
6384314 Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD, from villa Adriana (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Statue of Aphrodite, Callipige style, 2nd century AD, white marble

Statue of Aphrodite, Callipige style, 2nd century AD, white marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian
6384418 Statue of Aphrodite, Callipige style, 2nd century AD, white marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Background imageIi Century Collection: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384399 Bust of Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, Italy; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Background imageIi Century Collection: Marcus Aurelius as a young man, 147-151 AD (marble)

Marcus Aurelius as a young man, 147-151 AD (marble)
6384178 Marcus Aurelius as a young man, 147-151 AD (marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Marcus Aurelius as a young man)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Portrait of young Commodus

Portrait of young Commodus
7287198 Portrait of young Commodus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of young Commodus. 2nd century AD)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Portrait of Demosthenes, greek orator, 5th-4th century BC

Portrait of Demosthenes, greek orator, 5th-4th century BC
7287189 Portrait of Demosthenes, greek orator, 5th-4th century BC; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Demosthenes, greek orator, 5th - 4th century BC)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Statue of a Poetess

Statue of a Poetess
7287251 Statue of a Poetess; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of a Poetess. The body is a 2nd century AD Roman copy of a 4th century BC original)

Background imageIi Century Collection: An Egypto-Roman man

An Egypto-Roman man
5305188 An Egypto-Roman man.; (add.info.: Portrait panel of an Egypto-Roman man. Dated 2nd Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageIi Century Collection: Roman villa, fresco of the Domus of Clos de la Lombarde, Narbonne, around the year 200 (fresco)

Roman villa, fresco of the Domus of Clos de la Lombarde, Narbonne, around the year 200 (fresco)
7485504 Roman villa, fresco of the Domus of Clos de la Lombarde, Narbonne, around the year 200 (fresco); (add.info.: Roman villa: detail of a fresco, domus of the Clos de la Lombarde, Narbonne (Aude)

Background imageIi Century Collection: The constellation of Auriga

The constellation of Auriga
5307771 The constellation of Auriga.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the modern constellation of Auriga which was among those listed by the astronomer Ptolemy)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Lettrine ' a' and miniature representing the sophist, Philostrate

Lettrine " a" and miniature representing the sophist, Philostrate. Manuscript by Boccacio (Boccace), 1430
GIA5036671 Lettrine " a" and miniature representing the sophist, Philostrate. Manuscript by Boccacio (Boccace), 1430.; (add.info)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Page of the manuscript 'Tractatus de sphaera' by Johannes of Sacrobosco (1190 - 1250)

Page of the manuscript "Tractatus de sphaera" by Johannes of Sacrobosco (1190 - 1250)
GIA5036614 Page of the manuscript "Tractatus de sphaera" by Johannes of Sacrobosco (1190 - 1250), known as John of Halifax or John of Holywood, representing the system of Ptolemy

Background imageIi Century Collection: the orgies of Lucius Aurelius Verus (130-169) (engraving)

the orgies of Lucius Aurelius Verus (130-169) (engraving)
ELD4962405 the orgies of Lucius Aurelius Verus (130-169) (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman antiquite the orgies of Lucius Aurelius Verus (130-169)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Remains of a gate in the Roman cavalry fort of Cilurnum (or cilurvum)

Remains of a gate in the Roman cavalry fort of Cilurnum (or cilurvum), present-day Chesters Walwick (Northumberland)
NWI4863633 Remains of a gate in the Roman cavalry fort of Cilurnum (or cilurvum), present-day Chesters Walwick (Northumberland, England) built in 123 AD

Background imageIi Century Collection: Sciences: Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168), geocentric model of the solar system explained

Sciences: Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168), geocentric model of the solar system explained by Muller
NWI4948435 Sciences: Ptolemee (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 90-168), geocentric model of the solar system explained by Muller, 15th century

Background imageIi Century Collection: Hadrian, Roman emperor, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, c.1840 (engraving)

Hadrian, Roman emperor, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, c.1840 (engraving)
UTD4919613 Hadrian, Roman emperor, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, c.1840 (engraving); (add.info.: Hadrien (Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, 76-138) - Hadrian, Roman emperor

Background imageIi Century Collection: Representation of Saint Claude Apollinaire (Apollinaris or Apolinaris or Apolinarius (Claudius)

Representation of Saint Claude Apollinaire (Apollinaris or Apolinaris or Apolinarius (Claudius)
ELD4913114 Representation of Saint Claude Apollinaire (Apollinaris or Apolinaris or Apolinarius (Claudius)) and Hierapolis (2nd century)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Roman Art: representation of the altar of the twelve deities of Olympus - Marble sculpture

Roman Art: representation of the altar of the twelve deities of Olympus - Marble sculpture, from Gabii (Lazio)
ELD4902581 Roman Art: representation of the altar of the twelve deities of Olympus - Marble sculpture, from Gabii (Lazio), 1st-2nd century AD, Louvre museum

Background imageIi Century Collection: Portrait of Emperor Trajan (53-117) (marble)

Portrait of Emperor Trajan (53-117) (marble)
YOU4419204 Portrait of Emperor Trajan (53-117) (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Portrait of Emperor Trajan (53-117), Roman Emperor from 98 to 117, did Italica in Hispania

Background imageIi Century Collection: Statue of the hero Paris (marble)

Statue of the hero Paris (marble)
YOU4419203 Statue of the hero Paris (marble); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statue of Paris, figure of a young man wearing a Phrygian cap could represent Paris the Trojan heros in Greek)

Background imageIi Century Collection: Antinous Mondragone. Bust of Antinous (ca. 110-130), favorite of the Roman emperor Hadrian

Antinous Mondragone. Bust of Antinous (ca. 110-130), favorite of the Roman emperor Hadrian
ETI4397645 Antinous Mondragone. Bust of Antinous (ca. 110-130), favorite of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Marble from the Borghese Collection. Italy, around 130



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The II century was a time of artistic brilliance and cultural diversity, as evidenced by the remarkable masterpieces that have survived to this day. From sculptures to tapestries, each artifact tells a unique story about the people and their lives during this period. One such sculpture is "The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, " a copy after an original from the 2nd century BC. Created in marble, it showcases the delicate features of a sleeping figure with both male and female characteristics. Gian Lorenzo Bernini added the mattress, bringing new life to this ancient artwork. Moving on to textiles, we find the "Tapestry: Return of Marius Aurelius. " This woolen masterpiece hails from Flanders or Tournai and dates back to 1450-1500. The intricate details depict scenes from history, capturing moments of triumph and glory. In ceramics, we encounter two fascinating pieces - the "Seated Ballplayer" and the "Standing Ballplayer. " These ceramic artworks belong to the 1st century BC-3rd century CE era. They showcase athletes engaged in sports activities, giving us insight into recreational pursuits during that time. Another intriguing artifact is a cosmetic palette made from schist dating back to AD 2nd-3rd century. This small yet exquisite item reveals beauty rituals practiced by individuals centuries ago. Sculptures also take center stage during this period with works like "Leda of Naples Uffizi type" and "Group of Pan and Daphnis. " Both crafted in marble during the 2nd century AD, these statues capture mythological tales filled with love, desire, and enchantment. Amongst these magnificent creations stands out one colossal piece - The Farnese Hercules. Carved in marble during the 2nd century AD. , it depicts Hercules resting after completing his legendary twelve labors. Its sheer size commands attention while showcasing incredible craftsmanship.