Statue
MS3477
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3477 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
| Period | Late Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made | Late Hellenistic |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Female Head |
| Description | Small head of a woman. White marble. Right cheek stained by iron and heavy area of rust over right eye. Broken off just below the chin. Tip of nose abraded, otherwise intact. Hair parted in the middle. Brushed back from forehead and sides so as to reveal ears. Prominent bunch of hair at top of head. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Width | 7.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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