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Marcia Furnilla was a Roman noblewoman who lived in the 1st century. Furnilla was the second and last wife of the future Roman Emperor Titus as well as the aunt of the future emperor Trajan.
The Incongruous Body: Portrait of ‘Marcia Furnilla’ as Venus; Rosemary Barrow, Roehampton University, London; Prepared for publication by Michael Silk, King's College London; Book: Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture; Online publication: 21 September 2018; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139600439.009
- Rosemary Barrow
- 2018
Artist or Workshop. Unknown. Materials. Marble. Height of the work. 191 cm tall. Provenience. Possibly from a Trajanic Tomb. Current Location. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark. Description and Significance. Description: The statue called Marcia Furnilla depicts a Roman matron in the guise of Venus.
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Roman, Marcia Furnilla. Chuck Close, Oskar, 2013. Nudity. In her statue Marcia Furnilla is given the body of Venus, which acts as a kind of costume; the woman's actual body is replaced by a divine one. This explains the contrast between Furnilla 's aged face and round youthful body.
Oct 26, 2022 · Marcia Furnilla was a Roman noblewoman who lived in the 1st century. Furnilla was the second and last wife of the future Roman Emperor Titus as well as the aunt of the future emperor Trajan.
4 The Ageing Body: Drunken Old Woman; 5 The Indefinite Body: Sleeping Hermaphrodite; 6 The Political Body: Prima Porta Augustus; 7 The Incongruous Body: Portrait of ‘Marcia Furnilla’ as Venus; 8 The Beloved Body: Antinous; 9 The Other Body: Marble Relief with Female Gladiators; 10 The Non-Human Body: Pan and a She-Goat
