Portrait Medallion of Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula) (12-41 AD)

Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800

Object data

height 2.2 cm × width 1.8 cm

Inscriptions

Inscription, below, incised: C.CÆS: CALIGV:

Technical notes

Carved in relief.

Condition

Good.

Provenance

…; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

Object number: BK-NM-5034-D

Credit line: Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam

Entry

See the entry on BK-NM-5034-A.

Literature

J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 417, with earlier literature; C. Theuerkauff, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16-19 Jahrhunderts (Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz: Die Bildwerke der Skulpturengalerie Berlin 2), coll. cat. Berlin 1986, p. 312; K.A. Möller, Elfenbein: Kunstwerke des Barock, coll. cat. Schwerin (Staatliches Museum) 2000, p. 254, note 2

Citation

B. van der Mark, 2025, 'anonymous, Portrait Medallion of Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula) (12-41 AD), Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800', in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20037828

(accessed 22 December 2025 21:36:21).