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Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula)
Barent Dronrijp (ca. –na 1)
after 1674
- Medium
- lead (metal), sandstone
- Classification
- tuinbeeld
- Dimensions
- height 116 cm (incl. sandstone socle)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Caligula was the third emperor after Julius Caesar. His reputation is far from enviable: he is described as cruel and even insane. Caligula was his nickname; it means a small shoe or boot. It may have referred to the small army boots that were made for him when he accompanied his father’s legions as a boy.
