Caption

Portrait of a Roman woman, female portrait, Roman sculpture, hairstyle: head with a broad, round full face and a triangular forehead; hair twisted into small curls marked with a gimlet, the rest gathered at the back in a small bun. Masterpiece, dated 82–92, Rome, Roman Empire 27 BC–476. Sculpture. Height 30.5 cm, width 27 cm, depth 25 cm, weight 36.5 kg., A white marble sculpted head in profile set against a dark gray background, showing smooth facial features and a carved ear, with textured hair that includes a patterned, perforated frontal section and braided details at the back; the head rests on a pale beige rectangular base with a metal support, and there are small brownish discolorations on parts of the marble.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A01_433

License type

Rights managed

Available size

96.0Mb (2.5Mb) / 19.3in x 19.3in / 5792 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Roman woman female portrait Roman sculpture hairstyle head broad round full face triangular forehead hair twisted small curls marked gimlet rest gathered back small bun Masterpiece dated 82–92 Rome Roman Empire 27 BC–476 Sculpture Height 30.5 cm width 27 cm depth 25 cm weight 36.5 kg white marble sculpted profile set dark gray background showing smooth facial features carved ear textured hair includes patterned perforated frontal section braided details head rests pale beige rectangular base metal support small brownish discolorations parts marble.