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The bronze statue of Agrippina Minor on the left is depicted pulling her veil over her head, a gesture of humility and religious devotion. She was the daughter of Germanicus, a war hero, the sister of Caligula, and the mother of Nero.

On the right is the statue of Antonia Minor, mother of the emperor Claudius (AD 41-54), depicted unveiled but with her hands held, palms upwards, in a typical gesture of a religious offerant.

Both statues were discovered in Herculaneum's amphitheater on August 19-20, 1750.

Roman, ca. mid-1st century CE.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Campania Galleries (Agrippina inv. 5612, Antonia inv. 5599)

Statue of a draped woman of the Small Herculaneum Woman type, with a portrait head said to be Antonia Minor, mother of the emperor Claudius. Found in the theater of Herculaneum.

Roman, 2nd century CE, copy of a 4th century BCE Greek original.

Farnese Collection, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. 6057).

Continuing a dynasty can be much harder than starting one. The successors of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, worked hard to demonstrate their connection to Augustus and hence their right to rule. Antonia Minor, shown here in this large cameo, was Augustus's niece and the mother of possible heirs to the throne.

The cameo depicts Antonia wearing a veil and a diadem in the guise of a priestess of the cult of the deified Augustus. Stars and a portrait of Augustus wearing a laurel wreath decorate the diadem. The cameo was probably carved after Antonia's death in A.D. 37, during the reign of her son Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor.

Small-scale portraits carved in the round from precious stones were probably once set into statues made of gold or silver, although no complete examples survive today. Elaborate cameo carvings such as this one were part of the production of commemorative luxury goods at the Roman imperial court.

Roman, white chalcedony, ca. 41-54 CE

Getty Villa Museum (81.AN.101)

A colossal marble head of a deified Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and mother to the emperor Claudius. Made of Parian marble, it was once part of an acrolithic cult statue - which would have had a head, hands and feet of sculpted stone, but a body of wood or limestone, covered with garments of cloth or gilded bronze.

Some historians feel that may instead represent the empress Livia, wife of emperor Augustus.

It was probably discovered in Rome, and was known to be in the Ludovisi collection by the 1530s.

1st century CE.

Palazzo Altemps, Rome

1st century bust of the mother of emperor Cluadius.

Right profile of a marble Roman-period portrait of a woman discovered at Ostia Antica in 1856 during the excavations of Pietro Ercole Visconti. The style of the hair and subject’s features suggest a date from the first half of the first century CE (ca. 30-40 CE).
Vatican Museums inv. 1975
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Busto femminile, da Ostia Antica, Musei Vaticani inv. 1975

Portrait of an unknown Roman woman discovered in 1856 in hte excavations directed by Pietro Ercole Visconti. Hairstyle and features are similar to those of Antonia Minor (the mother of the Roman emperor Claudius). The portrait might date to ca. 30-40 CE.
Vatican Museums inv. 1975
U11-7725
Busto Femminile ritrovato a Ostia 1856

Head of Antonia Minor
Roman, AD 41-54
Chalcedony

Head of Antonia Minor
Roman, AD 41-54
Chalcedony

Head of Antonia Minor
Roman, AD 41-54
Chalcedony

statue féminine dite d'Antonia Minor

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Statue féminine dite d’Antonia Minor (mère de l’empereur Claude). La longueur de la robe et les boucles d’oreilles sont signes d’un milieu aisé.

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Statue féminine dite d’Antonia Minor (mère de l’empereur Claude). La longueur de la robe et les boucles d’oreilles sont signes d’un milieu aisé.

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Statue féminine dite d’Antonia Minor (mère de l’empereur Claude). La longueur de la robe et les boucles d’oreilles sont signes d’un milieu aisé.

Glyptothek - Antonia Minor (vers 50 PCN), fille d'Octavie et de Marc Antoine

Head of Antonia Minor (Sister of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Claudius, Roman, chalcedony set on a modern silver base. 41-54 A D)