A Roman-era statue thought to represent Marcus Aurelius called "The Emperor as Philosopher" stands in a gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio on June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) ...

Entertainment Who was Marcus Aurelius? Roman emperor from ‘Gladiator’ involved in Cleveland Musem of Art intrigue Updated: Sep. 07, 2023, 7:58 a.m. | Published ...

The headless statue is believed to depict Marcus Aurelius. The investigation into its origins comes over a decade after Turkey claimed that 21 objects at the museum were linked to an illicit trade.

Cleveland Statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius seized from Cleveland Museum of Art in looting investigation The 76-inch (1.9-meter) statue dates from A.D. 180 to 200 and is worth $20 million.

Like Marcus Aurelius and Benjamin Franklin, artist Georgia O’Keeffe was an early riser. “I like to get up when the dawn comes,” she told Life magazine in 1968.

After 15 years, Turkey is on the verge of recovering an 1,800-year-old bronze statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius—that’s said to be worth $20 million—from the Cleveland Museum of Art ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art acquired the bronze statue in 1986. The museum is now calling it “Draped Male Figure” on its website, but had earlier referred to it as a depiction of Marcus ...

The Emperor as Philosopher,” a Roman-era statue, thought to represent Marcus Aurelius, stands in a gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, June 25, 2010. A warrant signed by a ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art on Thursday filed a court challenge seeking to block a seizure order from New York investigators who assert that one of the museum’s premier statues, a headless ...