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Liverani in M. Fuchs, P. Liverani and P. Santoro eds. B. Rose [1997] 83-6, cat. 5); Tiberius (Musei Vaticani, Museo Gregoriano Profano inv. 9961; M. Fuchs in M. Fuchs, P. Liverani and P. Santoro eds. [1989] 58-60, no. B. Rose [1997] 83-6, cat. 5, pls. 71-2); Claudius (Musei Vaticani, Museo Gregoriano Profano, inv. 9950; M. Fuchs in M. Fuchs, P. Liverani and P. Santoro eds. [1989] 61-64, no. B. Rose [1997] 83-6, cat. 5, pls. 73-74). 82 The head was discovered with several portrait inscriptions commemorating Augustus, Germanicus (or Drusus Minor), Agrippina Minor, an unidentified emperor, and Caligula’s sister, Drusilla.

Another reworked head of Claudius in the Vatican preserves the youthful and classicizing air of the original portrait of Caligula (cat. 29; figs. 64 The ends of the locks over the forehead have all been cut back, creating an unnatural straight line. Nevertheless, Caligula’s coiffure is still visible in this area. The recarving of the face has imbued the image with some indications of aging appropriate for Claudius. The eyes have been recut to make them slightly sunken, and pouches of flesh have been added beneath them.

Santoro eds. (1989) 61-4 and P. in M. Fuchs, P. Liverani and P. Santoro eds. (1989) 137-43. 82 Louvre MA 1246, cited above; see also, D. Boschung (1993a) 171, no. 152, pls. B. Rose (1997) 86. 3598; M. Fuchs in M. Fuchs, P. Liverani, and P. Santoro, eds. (1989) 106, no. 22, with fig. B. Rose (1997) 84. B. Rose has suggested that the seated statue of Tiberius from Caere (Museo Gregoriano Profano inv. 9961) has, in fact, been refashioned from an image of Caligula (1997) 85. Rose notes that the head is worked for insertion, which is unusual for nude, or partially nude statue bodies, and that the head and body seem to be of different types of marble.

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