Aelia
Virgo Maxima
Черный (бронзовый) бюст - это точно Катон и, по всей вероятности Утический. Он даже подписан, вот здесь можно посмотреть.
Об этом бюсте:
The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier
Book by Duane W. Roller; Routledge, 2003. 336 pgs.
One of the finest pieces is a bronze portrait of Cato, the famous ally of Juba’s father. Discovered in 1944 at Volubilis and now in Rabat, it has the advantage of an undisputed attribution, as it is inscribed “CATO. ” 120 It was found in a private house of the third century AC, and this has resulted in unconvincing attempts to date it to later than the time of the client monarchy. 121 Although Cato did retain some popularity in North Africa in later imperial times - a statue of him on the beach at Utica was visible in Plutarch’s day 122 - one cannot imagine any time other than that of Juba for his portrait to be commissioned at remote Volubilis, and its third century AC context would represent a dispersal of the king’s private collection at that time, perhaps when his palace was rebuilt as the Roman governor’s residence. 123 Moreover, its similarity to a youthful bronze of Juba II, 124 which can hardly have been created at any time much later than his assumption of the kingship in 25BC, indicates that the Cato portrait is from the same era and even the same artist or workshop. Juba may have discreetly chosen to honor him at Volubilis rather than at his more conspicuous royal city. Cato and his family - his daughter Porcia and his son-in-law Brutus - represented the best of the republican tradition Juba’s father had supported and thus could be put forth as examples of Roman virtue - certainly a relevant Augustan topic - rather than as proponents of a discredited political system.
120 Charles Picard, “La Date du buste en bronze de Caton d’Utique trouvé à Volubilis, Maroc, ” in Neue Beiträge zur klassichen Altertumswissenschaft: Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Bernhard Schweitzer, ed. Reinhard Lullies (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1954), pp. 334-40.
121 See, for example, Christiane Boube-Piccot, “Techniques de fabrication des bustes de bronze de Juba II et de Caton d’Utique découverts à Volubilis, ” BAMaroc 7, 1967, 447-75.
122 Plutarch, Cato the Younger 71.
123 J. M. C. Toynbee, Roman Historical Portraits (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978), pp. 39-41.
124 Rabat Museum 146.
Насчет второго бюста пока ничего сказать не могу. Почему надгробный рельеф идентифицирован как "Катон и Порция" - тоже не знаю. В процессе поиска встретилась также информация, что когда эту пару называли "Катон и Порция", то подразумевали старшего Катона, т.к. там муж намного старше жены. Но в любом случае молодую жену Катона Старшего звали Салония.
Об этом бюсте:
The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier
Book by Duane W. Roller; Routledge, 2003. 336 pgs.
One of the finest pieces is a bronze portrait of Cato, the famous ally of Juba’s father. Discovered in 1944 at Volubilis and now in Rabat, it has the advantage of an undisputed attribution, as it is inscribed “CATO. ” 120 It was found in a private house of the third century AC, and this has resulted in unconvincing attempts to date it to later than the time of the client monarchy. 121 Although Cato did retain some popularity in North Africa in later imperial times - a statue of him on the beach at Utica was visible in Plutarch’s day 122 - one cannot imagine any time other than that of Juba for his portrait to be commissioned at remote Volubilis, and its third century AC context would represent a dispersal of the king’s private collection at that time, perhaps when his palace was rebuilt as the Roman governor’s residence. 123 Moreover, its similarity to a youthful bronze of Juba II, 124 which can hardly have been created at any time much later than his assumption of the kingship in 25BC, indicates that the Cato portrait is from the same era and even the same artist or workshop. Juba may have discreetly chosen to honor him at Volubilis rather than at his more conspicuous royal city. Cato and his family - his daughter Porcia and his son-in-law Brutus - represented the best of the republican tradition Juba’s father had supported and thus could be put forth as examples of Roman virtue - certainly a relevant Augustan topic - rather than as proponents of a discredited political system.
120 Charles Picard, “La Date du buste en bronze de Caton d’Utique trouvé à Volubilis, Maroc, ” in Neue Beiträge zur klassichen Altertumswissenschaft: Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Bernhard Schweitzer, ed. Reinhard Lullies (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1954), pp. 334-40.
121 See, for example, Christiane Boube-Piccot, “Techniques de fabrication des bustes de bronze de Juba II et de Caton d’Utique découverts à Volubilis, ” BAMaroc 7, 1967, 447-75.
122 Plutarch, Cato the Younger 71.
123 J. M. C. Toynbee, Roman Historical Portraits (London: Thames and Hudson, 1978), pp. 39-41.
124 Rabat Museum 146.
Насчет второго бюста пока ничего сказать не могу. Почему надгробный рельеф идентифицирован как "Катон и Порция" - тоже не знаю. В процессе поиска встретилась также информация, что когда эту пару называли "Катон и Порция", то подразумевали старшего Катона, т.к. там муж намного старше жены. Но в любом случае молодую жену Катона Старшего звали Салония.
