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Togatus
1st centuryRoman Empire
68 7/8 x 31 1/4 x 20 in. (174.9 x 79.4 x 50.8 cm)
Roman artist
Italy
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Marble
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1973.146
Location: Currently on view
This man was a significant public figure in ancient Roman society. His toga—the traditional status garment symbolic of Roman citizenship—the scroll in his hand, and the box of scrolls at his feet mark his high status. He may have been one of the 300 Roman Senators who addressed important matters of civic law, religious practice, or foreign policy, all aspects of Roman life controlled by the Senate.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Purchased in Italy in 1829 and brought to England by Richard Temple-Grenville, First Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839); to his son, Richard Temple-Grenville, Second Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861); his sale, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, August 15 – October 7, 1848, as lot 31 on October 3; purchased at that sale by Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852); by descent through his family; sold by them shortly before 1925; Spink and Son, Ltd., London (dealer), ca. 1929; Joseph Brummer, New York (dealer); his sale, Parke-Bernet, NY, part II, May 11-14, 1949, as no. 208A; purchased at that sale by Dr. and Mrs. Norman C. Armitage, Spartanburg, NC; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1973
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Recent Acquisitions & Memorial Bequests 1/8/1975 - 2/23/1975
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Schilling, Susan E.. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 18-19
- Article Title: Recent Acquisitions Show. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 40, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: January 1975.
- Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
- Article Author: Brayer, Betsy. Article Title: The Herdles Go A-Hunting. Article Scope: Article. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: Spring 1981. Page Number: 16 (illustrated on p. 17)
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Author: Vermeule, Cornelius C.. Article Title: Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain. Article Scope: Entry. American Journal of Archaeology. Volume Number: 59, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: April 1955. Page Number: 135
- MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Mention. Adolf Michaelis. Ancient Marbles in Great Britain. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1882.
- Article Scope: Entry. Henry Rumsey Forster. The Stowe Catalogue: Priced and Annotated. London, England: David Bogue, 1848.
- Article Title: The Hamilton Palace Statue of Hadrian. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Antiquarian Quarterly. London, England: Spink & Son Volume Number: 4 Issue Date: 1925. Page Number: 100, Figure Number: X, facing p. 93
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage. Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine. London, England: Laurence King, 2000.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage. Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine. Prentice Hall, 2005.
- Article Author: Michaelis, Adolf. Article Title: Marbles in Great Britain: Supplement II (continued). Article Scope: Mention. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. Volume Number: 6 Issue Date: 1885. Page Number: 30-31
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Salomon Reinach. Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, tome VI. Paris, France: Librairie Ernest Leroux, 1930.
- Scene. Rochester, NY: Arts & Cultural Council, 1969-1976.
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