The toga (/ ˈtoʊɡə /, Classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa]), a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body. It was usually woven from white wool, and was worn over a tunic.

The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum comprises Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity; European art from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century; and international photography from its inception to the present day.

This man wears a tunic and over it a toga, the most characteristic Roman dress. The toga, a length of woolen cloth with rounded edges, had been the traditional garment of the Romans for centuries, but by the late first century B.C., it was declining in popularity.

Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in …

Our point of departure is two togate statues in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, which demonstrate how our approach to the sources for this iconic male Roman wardrobe item has been given ‘added value’ through a beter understanding of textile production and its potential.

This statue, which was heavily damaged by long exposure to the elements, represents a togate man with his right leg bearing his weight and his left slightly bent and moved forward. The figure is wearing a tunic and a generous toga that is wrapped around his body.

This colossal statue of an emperor wears a toga and elaborately decorated shoes that indicate the figure's high status. These details identify it as a type of honorary statue similar to those erected in the Forum of Augustus in Rome for generations, transforming the public space into a kind of imperial "Hall of Fame."

Purchased by the Italian State in 1902. This small statue depicts a boy wearing a toga. The right leg bears his weight, while the left is slightly bent and off to the side. The figure wears a tunic and a full toga praetexta that wraps around the body forming a wide sinus down to the knee.

The statue known as the Barberini togatus, today in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, shows a man wearing a Roman toga carrying on either arm a portrait bust. For nearly a century this statue has appeared in numerous monographs and textbooks on Roman art, sometimes accompanying a quote from the 2. century B.C.E. historian Polybius describing a ...

This slightly over-life sized statue of a man wearing a toga would originally have had an individualized portrait head that was carved of one piece with the body. He stands with his weight on his...