Portrait head of empress, Theodora? From Milan. Mid-sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Mediolanum
Province:
Aemilia
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
near Via Primo at break in medieval wall
Current Location:
Museo d'Arte Antica, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, inv. no. 755
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Other
Height(cm):
27
Attributes:
diadem, jewelled; other
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Theodora?
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
525
Latest:
575
MAIN REFERENCE
Schade, K., Frauen in der Spätantike--Status und Repräsentation, Mainz 2003, 227-8, no. I 67, pl. 67.2-4
Delbrueck, R., 'Porträts byzantinischer Kaiserinnen', Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Mitteilungen 28 , Berlin 1913, 347-50
MacClanan, A., Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses. Image and Empire, New York 2002, 140-143
