Légende

Head of a woman wearing a veil. The face is oval with regular features: rounded chin, small compact mouth, slim cheeks. From the nose, skin folds extend diagonally downward across the cheeks. Eyes large, open, set deeply; thick upper and lower eyelids; outer and inner eye corners at same level; convex eyeballs with dimpled pupils. Eyebrows cylindrical, sloping toward the temples. Forehead high, convex above the nose, slightly sunken above the eyebrows. Hair lush, wavy, parted above the forehead and combed over the temples, revealing the lower parts of the ears. Head covered with a veil. Head in semi-profile. 1st half of the 4th century BC, Athens. Bas-relief; height 12 cm, width 11 cm, depth 11 cm., A carved stone head of a person with soft facial features and closed or slightly downcast eyes, wearing a draped cloth or hood that frames the face; the surface shows worn and weathered textures with chips and smoothing. The visible colors include off-white, beige, light tan, and small areas of pale brown, contrasted against a flat medium-gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A04_188

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

96.0Mo (2.6Mo) / 49.0cm x 49.0cm / 5792 x 5792 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Head woman wearing veil face oval regular features rounded chin small compact mouth slim cheeks nose skin folds extend diagonally downward across cheeks Eyes large open set deeply thick upper lower eyelids outer inner eye corners level convex eyeballs dimpled pupils Eyebrows cylindrical sloping temples Forehead high convex slightly sunken eyebrows Hair lush wavy parted forehead combed revealing lower parts ears Head covered semi-profile 1st half 4th century BC Athens Bas-relief height 12 cm width 11 cm depth 11 cm carved stone head person soft facial features closed slightly downcast eyes wearing draped cloth hood frames surface worn weathered textures chips smoothing visible colors include off-white beige light tan small areas pale brown contrasted flat medium-gray background.