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Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)

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Uniform title headingMarcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
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Variant(s)Marcus Aurelius Statue (Rome, Italy)
Equestrian monument to Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
Marco Aurelio di Campidoglio
Statua equestre di Marco Aurelio (Rome, Italy)
Found inWork cat.: 98-105289: Il Marco Aurelio e la sua copia, c1997: p. 17 (Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius) p. 50, etc. (Statua equestre di Marco Aurelio, il Marco Aurelio di Campidoglio, Equestrian Monument to Marcus Aurelius)
Grove Dictionary of art, 1996: v. 27, p. 39 (famous gilded bronze statue of "Marcus Aurelius" (a.d. 161-180), now in the Museo dei Conservatori)
Guide to artistic Italy, 1981: p. 278 (Rome: Statue of Marcus Aurelius)
Grove art online, viewed Feb. 19, 2013 under equestrian monument (Marcus Aurelius; bronze Classical sculpture; one of the few imperial bronze statues to survive the iconoclasm of pagan monuments because it was mistakenly thought to represent the Emperor Constantine I)
Musei capitolini website, viewed Feb. 19, 2013 (Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, bronze sculpture, 161-180 AD, 424 cm; probably erected either 176 or 180; moved to the Capitoline HIll in 1538 by order of Pope Paul II; now located in the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the mueum; a replica of the statue currently stands in its former place in the Piazza del Campidoglio)
Invalid LCCNsh 98001707