Kommentar til Thorvaldsens lille sølvhoved – et ruineret Tondoportræt
[The author’s note in the text] A clear example of a portrait medallion is the gold tondo bust, only 6.7 cm. in diameter, of a general from the middle of the 3rd century, which derives from Egypt, Handbook, Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum, Kansas City 1959, p. 40. On phalerae, see P. la Baume, Römische Kunstgewerbe, Braunschweig 1964, p.299ff. A group of imperial portraits from harness is discussed by W.-D. Heilmeyer, ‘Titus vor Jerusalem’ RömMitt 82 (1975) p. 299-314. For imperial portraits on standards, see Winkes p. 39f. and Schneider (op.cit., note 10) p. 109ff. and in a military context in general, Schneider chap. III.
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