Amanus (painter)
Amanus was a Roman painter who worked in the early Imperial period .
It is only known from a funerary inscription that was found in Rome in Via Salaria. The inscription identifies him as a slave of the Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus and as a painter. It is:
- M [arco] Sullae M [arci] l [iberto]
- Hilarioni
- Amano
- C [ai] Salusti Cr [ispi]
- pictori
literature
- Georg Lippold : Amanus. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement V, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 1.
- Werner Müller: Amanus . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 29.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amanus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |