Caption

Portrait of a Roman woman, Head with a broad face and an elaborate hairstyle: hair twisted into small curls marked with a gimlet; the rest gathered at the back in a small bun. Round, full face with a triangular forehead. Roman sculpture, female portrait, Roman Empire 27 BC–476, dated 82–92?; sculpture. Dimensions: height 30.5 cm, width 27 cm, depth 25 cm; weight 36.5 kg., A light-colored marble sculpted head displayed against a dark gray background, showing a face with smooth features, closed or shallowly carved eyes, a straight nose, and small lips, topped by a textured rounded hairpiece with a porous, hole-filled surface; the sculpture rests on a pale stone pedestal with a small metallic support visible.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_430

License type

Rights managed

Available size

96.0Mb (3.8Mb) / 19.3in x 19.3in / 5792 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Roman woman Head broad face elaborate hairstyle hair twisted small curls marked gimlet rest gathered back small bun Round full face triangular forehead Roman sculpture female portrait Roman Empire 27 BC–476 dated 82–92 sculpture Dimensions height 30.5 cm width 27 cm depth 25 cm weight 36.5 kg light-colored marble sculpted head displayed dark gray background showing face smooth features closed shallowly carved eyes straight nose small lips topped textured rounded hairpiece porous hole-filled surface sculpture rests pale stone pedestal small metallic support visible.