Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs
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Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a famous Late Roman porphyry sculpture depicting the four co-emperors of the Tetrarchy in a stylized, tightly embracing group, now embedded in the exterior of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Late Roman sculpture
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porphyry sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
illustrates shift from classical naturalism to symbolic representation
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key example of Late Antique abstraction in imperial portraiture ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
blocky
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frontal ⓘ stylized ⓘ |
| artMovement | Late Antique art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman imperial propaganda ⓘ |
| currentLocation | St Mark’s Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionForm | group portrait ⓘ |
| depicts |
Constantius Chlorus
NERFINISHED
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Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ Galerius NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximian NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetrarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ four Roman co-emperors ⓘ |
| feature |
large staring eyes
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military dress ⓘ paired figures embracing ⓘ sheathed swords ⓘ short, stocky proportions ⓘ tightly embracing figures ⓘ |
| foundInCollection | Treasury of St Mark’s Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | imperial portrait ⓘ |
| hasPart |
four conjoined statues
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two Augusti figures ⓘ two Caesares figures ⓘ |
| imageSubject | Roman emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
around 300 CE
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early 4th century ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Italy
NERFINISHED
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Veneto NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOnBuilding |
exterior of St Mark’s Basilica
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southwest corner of St Mark’s Basilica ⓘ |
| materialUsed | porphyry ⓘ |
| movement | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being spolia from the Eastern Roman Empire
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prominent placement on St Mark’s Basilica in Venice ⓘ use of hard purple porphyry reserved for emperors ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
concordia Augustorum
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imperial solidarity ⓘ unity of the Tetrarchy ⓘ |
| title | Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.