CORONA TRIUMPHALIS
Dreamer and designer Alessandro Michele’s 2018 Gucci Cruise show was presented in Florence at the Palatine Gallery in Pitti Palace, as opposed to the originally desired Parthenon in Athens. Inspired by Ancient Rome, the presentation was imbued with details often found on Fayum mummy portraits like the ‘corona triumphalis,’ a gold crown fashioned in the shape of a laurel wreath—part of a victorious general's triumphal dress...
Gold Laurel Wreath Headband • 2018 Cruise Collection • Alessandro Michele for Gucci
Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits are a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world. The Fayum portraits, an innovation dating to the time of Roman rule in Egypt, are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived. The portraits date to the Imperial Roman era, from the late 1st century BC or the early 1st century AD onwards. • All runway images courtesy of Vogue
A Crowned Model Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of Prestige
Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath • Circa 101 - 150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Laurel Wreath
A Golden Laurel Crown Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of Vogue Taiwan
Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Woman Named Isidora • Circa 100 – 110 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Gucci Ad Campaign featuring Fabrizio and Stefano Occhipinti • 2018 Cruise Collection • Mick Rock
A Golden Laurel Crown Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of Elaine Constantine
Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Young Man • Circa 80 - 100 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
A Model Donning a Golden Laurel Crown • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of W Magazine
Head of the Mummy of Herakleides • Circa 120 – 140 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Mummy of Herakleides • Circa 120 – 140 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Head of a Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Young Man
Gucci Eyewear Ad Campaign • 2018 Cruise Collection • Zoë Ghertner • Image courtesy of the May 2018 issue of Vogue via The Vogue Archive
A Model Donning a Golden Laurel Crown • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of W Magazine
Head of the Mummy of a Greek Young Man Named Artemidorus • Circa 100 - 150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The British Museum, London
Gucci Ad Campaign featuring Ginevra Elkann • 2018 Cruise Collection • Mick Rock
Mummy Case and Portrait of a Greek Young Man Named Artemidorus • Circa 100 - 150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The British Museum, London
Gucci Ad Campaign featuring Francesco Bianconi • 2018 Cruise Collection • Mick Rock
Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Young Man in a Golden Wreath • Circa 130 - 150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
A Golden Laurel Crown Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of W Magazine
Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Young Man • Circa 100 -150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Head of a Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Young Man • Circa 100 -150 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman in Red • Circa 90 - 120 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
A Golden Laurel Crown Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of Télam
Head of a Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Young Man • Circa 80 - 100 A.D. • Roman Period • Egypt • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
A Crowned Model Backstage • Gucci 2018 Cruise Collection • Palazzo Pitti, Florence • Image courtesy of Robbie Tomkins
