Portrait head of woman related to Lateran-Louvre ('Ariadne-Amalasuntha') type. From Rome. Late fifth to sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Piazza di S. Maria Monti
Current Location:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori, inv. no. 865
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Other
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Other
Height(cm):
25
Attributes:
diadem, jewelled; other
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Ariadne or Amalasuntha or other high-ranking woman
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
480
Latest:
525
MAIN REFERENCE
Schade, K., Frauen in der Spätantike--Status und Repräsentation, Mainz 2003, 219-20, no. I 60, pls. 63.1 and 64.1-2
Fittschen, Klaus and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band III , Mainz 1983, 36-8, no. 39, pls. 49-50