Funerary relief with two spouses - Ca. 50 BC, Limestone - This stele belongs to a large class of funerary reliefd made between the first century BC and the first century AD for customers in the emerging middle class descending from former freedmen. This is in all very likely a formerly enslaved, well-to-do married couple that proudly wanted to emphasize its status of free citizenship through the langiuage of images. The husband is shown wrapped in his toga, the garmet synbolizing Roman citizenship, while his wife, clearly younger than her husband, has chosen to be depicted in accordance with t
Funerary relief with two spouses - Ca. 50 BC, Limestone - This stele belongs to a large class of funerary reliefd made between the first century BC and the first century AD for customers in the emerging middle class descending from former freedmen. This is in all very likely a formerly enslaved, well-to-do married couple that proudly wanted to emphasize its status of free citizenship through the langiuage of images. The husband is shown wrapped in his toga, the garmet synbolizing Roman citizenship, while his wife, clearly younger than her husband, has chosen to be depicted in accordance with the "Pudicitia" statueary type - Museo Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
Size: 3227px × 4840px
Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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