Nero and the Dying Seneca

Master of the Roman Emperors

ca. 1445 · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This is a uniface cast of the reverse of a medal of Nero, the obverse of which shows his bust to the right. It is the work of an unidentified medallist, active in the 15th century, who specialized in pastiches of ancient Roman coins enlarged in scale. He habitually included the initials S[enatus] C[onsulto] ('by order of the Senate') which he had observed on such coins.

Artist

Master of the Roman Emperors

Date

ca. 1445

Medium

Bronze

Culture

possibly Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Erich Lederer Collection, Gift of Mrs. Erich Lederer, 1986