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LSA-965 Portrait head (in Capitoline-Florence type) for insertion of Helena set on seated statue. From Italy. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details: Given in 1566 by Pius V to the museum. Prior to that it was in the Vatican
Current Location: Musei Capitolini, Museo Capitolino, Rome inv. no. 496
OBJECT
Object: Statue, seated Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: cloak/mantle, himation; footwear, sandals; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: Encircling braid(s) Height(cm): 123
Attributes: other Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Helena Position: Imperial Family Gender: Female
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 315 Latest: 330
MAIN REFERENCE
Fittschen, Klaus and P. Zanker, Katalog der Porträts in den Capitolischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, Band III , Mainz 1983, 35-6, no. 38, pls. 47-8

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