Jugate heads of Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121–180) and Faustina (Anna Galeria Faustina, d. 175 or 176) probably 17th century Italian Subjects from Roman history preoccupied collectors in the Baroque era. The twinned countenances of these famous couples, mounted as pendants, were in the Arundel collection in the seventeenth century and the Marlborough collection in the eighteenth. As is often the case with portrait cameos, the stones were manipulated so that their warmer gradations further a suggestion of Jugate heads of Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121–
Jugate heads of Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121–180) and Faustina (Anna Galeria Faustina, d. 175 or 176) probably 17th century Italian Subjects from Roman history preoccupied collectors in the Baroque era. The twinned countenances of these famous couples, mounted as pendants, were in the Arundel collection in the seventeenth century and the Marlborough collection in the eighteenth. As is often the case with portrait cameos, the stones were manipulated so that their warmer gradations further a suggestion of Jugate heads of Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121–180) and Faustina (Anna Galeria Faustina, d. 175 or 176) 198343
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