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Carmagnola (Venice)

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140: 210: 230: 249: 31: 136:. The flattened nose is ostensibly the result of damage and subsequent repolishing. It is "one of the most significant" of the ornamental trophies that adorn the Basilica's facade, looking straight into the direction of Constantinople. 209: 139: 295: 365: 375: 132:, and on stylistic grounds it has been dated between the 4th and 6th centuries, with several scholars identifying it as a depiction of 370: 229: 340: 196: 236: 177: 172: 148: 277:"Discussion: Porphyry head of emperor ('Justinian'). From Constantinople (now in Venice). Early sixth century" 203:, where his head was presumably left exposed for some time, leading to the sculpture's traditional nickname. 350: 380: 276: 355: 345: 182: 216: 109: 70: 360: 8: 30: 94: 49: 181:
facade. It was "almost certainly" brought to Venice as part of the loot from the
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Last Statues of Antiquity (LSA Database), University of Oxford
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has been hypothesized to belong to the same original.
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unambiguously identifies the head as that of a late
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porphyry
Justinian I
St Mark's Basilica
Venice
porphyry
late Roman
emperor
Justinian
St Mark's Basilica
Venice
Diadem
Roman emperor
Justinian

Archiepiscopal Museum
Ravenna
Philadelphion
Constantinople
Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs
Piazzetta
Sack of Constantinople
Fourth Crusade
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Side facade of St Mark's Basilica, with Carmagnola at the far left of the upper-level railing
St Mark's Basilica
The Piazzetta viewed from behind Carmagnola
Piazzetta

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