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anonymous: Severan Tondo  wikidata:Q469722 reasonator:Q469722
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Title
Severan Tondo
label QS:Lit,"Tondo severiano"
label QS:Lfr,"Tondo severiano"
label QS:Larz,"سيفيران توندو"
label QS:Lnb,"Septimius Severus-tondoen"
label QS:Lnl,"Severan Tondo"
label QS:Lde,"Septimius-Severus-Tondo"
label QS:Len,"Severan Tondo"
label QS:Les,"Tondo severiano"
label QS:Lzh,"塞維蘭·東多肖像"
label QS:Lsl,"Severski tondo"
Object type tondo
object_type QS:P31,Q848330
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Severan Tondo, from circa AD 200, is one of the few preserved examples of panel painting from Classical Antiquity. It is a tempera or egg-based painting on a circular wooden panel (tondo), with a diameter of 30.5 cm. At present, it is on display at the Antikensammlung Berlin (inventory number 31329).

The panel depicts the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus with his family: to the left his wife Julia Domna, in front of them their sons Geta and Caracalla. All are wearing sumptuous ceremonial garments; Septimius Severus and his sons are also holding sceptres and wearing gold wreaths decorated with precious stones. Geta's face has been removed, probably after his murder by his brother Caracalla and the ensuing damnatio memoriae.

The image is probably an example of imperial portraits that were mass-produced to be displayed in offices and public buildings throughout the empire - as part of Roman legal procedure some documents had normally to be signed in front of an image of the Emperor, which gave them the same status as if signed in his actual presence.[1] With each change of emperor, they would have been discarded or replaced. Since wood is an organic material and does not normally survive, the Berlin Tondo remains, so far, the only surviving specimen of this type of painting. It appears to be of Egyptian origin.

Originally, the tondo had most likely a square or rectangular shape. This is best visible at the scepters the males of the picture are holding. The upper parts once adorned with imperial symbols are today missing. It seems that it was cut in modern times for better selling it on the art market.
Depicted people Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta
Date between circa 199 and circa 201
Medium tempera on wood
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259
Dimensions diameter: 30.5 cm (12 in)
dimensions QS:P2386,30.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q156722
Accession number
Inv.: 31329
Object location
52° 31′ 09.8″ N, 13° 23′ 54″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Place of creation Roman Egypt (presumably)
Object history 1932: acquired by Antikensammlung Berlin from Unknown personUnknown person
References SMB-digital ID: 681547 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer User "Following Hadrian", Flickr
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