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LSA-575 Portrait head of woman (Empress?) with cuttings for headgear, set on bust. Rome. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: via Labicana at Tor Pignattara, in 1856
Current Location: Museo Torlonia, Rome, inv. no. 615
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Encircling braid(s) Height(cm): 73
Attributes: other Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Empress? Position: Imperial Family Gender: Female
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 340 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Visconti, P.E., Catalogo del Museo Torlonia di sculture antiche, Rome 1880, 232, no. 525

Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 172-3, pl. 71, fig. 59

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