Relief with theatrical masks

Rilievo con maschere teatrali
Type: 
Sculpture
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 29,5 x 44
Origin: 
Rome, Quirinale tunnel (1902)
Inventory: 
MC2127

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Sala Caldaie - Domus di Fulvio Plauziano

During the excavations for the creation of the tunnel under the Quirinale at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, the remains of a house were found, attributed to Fulvius Plauziano, the prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Septimus Severus, on the basis of an inscription legible on the lead water-piping.
Elements of the sculptural decoration, statues and busts, relief and portrait slabs, were found, still in place inside the rooms, the floors of which were laid in marble and mosaics.