Comment on Thorvaldsen's Small Silver Head - A Ruined Tondo Portrait
[The author’s note in the text] Taking his point of departure in sepulchral symbolism H. Wrede, ‘Das Mausoleum der Claudia Semne und die bürgerliche Plastik der Kaiserzeit’ RömMitt 78 (1971) p. 125-166, discusses some central aspects of middle class iconography in this period. Wrede goes thoroughly into the theme in his new book, Consecratio in formam deorum, Mainz 1981.
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