Portrait of Caracalla on ancient unrelated bust

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, known as Caracalla – from the name of the Gallic robe he used to wear - was born in 186 A.D. to Giulia Domna and Settimio Severo. He went down in history as a cruel emperor for having ordered the assassination of his brother Geta, in 212 A.D. As absolute power was assumed, a new type of portraiture of the Emperor was elaborated, called Firenze/ Farnese to which is ascribed the Torlonia replica. The serious and furrowed gaze looking to the left, the position that, according to biographers, he maintained to emulate Alexander the Great, give the Emperor a charismatic image, famous throughout the world. The bust, not pertinent to the portrait, had to be part in ancient times of another type of portraiture of Caracalla: the fact denotes a careful choice of the restorers who assembled the two pieces. The high quality of the portrait, merit of the workmanship and of the quality of the marble, places the portrait Albani among the best replicas of the type.马尔库斯·奥勒留·塞维鲁·安托尼努斯（Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus），后世以卡拉卡拉（Caracalla）之名传世——此名源于他日常身着的高卢式长袍——于公元186年诞生，父母为尤利娅·多姆娜（Giulia Domna）与塞普蒂米乌斯·塞维鲁（Settimio Severo）。他因公元212年下令刺杀其弟盖塔（Geta），而以残暴君主的形象载入史册。在其独揽绝对皇权之后，一种全新的帝王肖像风格应运而生，该风格被命名为佛罗伦萨/法尔内塞（Firenze/Farnese）风格，托洛尼亚（Torlonia）复制品即归属于此风格。据传记作者记述，他那严肃蹙眉、望向左侧的目光，正是为效仿亚历山大大帝而刻意维持的姿态，这赋予这位帝王极具感染力的形象，使其享誉全球。该胸像的头部并非此肖像的原配部件，在古代它本应属于卡拉卡拉的另一类肖像造型——这一细节表明，将这两件残件拼接的修复师曾经过细致的甄选。这件阿尔巴尼（Albani）肖像复制品凭借精湛的工艺与上乘的大理石材质，跻身该风格顶级复制品之列。