Portrait head of girl ('Fausta'). From Rome or its environs. Early fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Province:
Region:
Italy, provenance unknown
Details:
Acquired from the Campana Collection in 1863
Current Location:
Louvre, Paris, inv. no. MA 4881
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Central braid
Height(cm):
22
Attributes:
other
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
350
MAIN REFERENCE
Fittschen, K. 'Das Mädchenbildniss von Palatin', Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 106, Berlin 1991, 302-303, fn. 36, pls. 65.4, 67.4, 70.4 (fourth c.)
de Kersauson, K., Les portraits romains II; de l’année de la guerre civile (68-69 après J-C) à la fin de l’Empire , Paris 1996, 524-5, no. 250
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 166-7, pls. 66-7
Bergmann, M., Studien zum römischen Porträt des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Bonn 1977, 197 (not Fausta but of that era)
