Roman statues were not the white we see today but were painted. This recreated bust of Caligula uses the pigments found by scientific analysis.

Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus;

Antium (Anzio), 31 VIII 12 – Roma, 24 I 41 AD

The original portrait from the Copenhagen Carlsberg Glyptotek and the proposed coloured recostruction

Vatican Museums 2004/2005

2004/2005 Exhibition “The Colours of White”