Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Maiden
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Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Maiden
Julio-Claudian period, circa 1st century A.D.
Depicted with an oval face, lidded unarticulated eyes and forward gaze, her center-parted hair frames a spade-shaped forehead, runs parallel to the temples and sweeps back over the ears, is pulled into tight, multiple braids forming a large high bun at the back
H9″
Provenance
Private California Collection;
Burkett Collection, San Francisco, acquired in the 1960’s
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During the Julio-Claudian period, prviate citizens often imitated to varying degrees the hairstyles and even borrowed the facial features of prominent women of the imperial household for their own portraits.
