Portrait head of woman with central braid and separately worked hair sections. From Rome. Late third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
via dei Fori Imperiali at base of Oppian Hill
Current Location:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, inv. no. 2689
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Central braid
Height(cm):
24
Attributes:
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
250
Latest:
300
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, 116, no. 175, pl. 204