Bust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius Caesar

Bust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius Caesar

Josiah Wedgwood

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The subject is intended to be a likeness of Caius Caesar, called Caligula (b. 12 A.D., emperor 37–41), but cannot be certainly a likeness since the portraits of the emperors of this period are all very similar in appearance.


European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius CaesarBust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius CaesarBust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius CaesarBust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius CaesarBust of a Roman emperor, probably Emperor Caius Caesar

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.