Statue
MS3478
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3478 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | Late Hellenistic |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Female Head | Diana |
Description | Small head of a woman. White marble. Preserved from base of neck up, intact save for chip of nose. Frontal pose. One roll of flesh on neck. Hair parted in the middle, aranged in a roll brushed back from forehead and temples, exposing ears fully. A thick knot of hair on top of head. Back hair worked in only a summary fashion. |
Height | 12 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Depth | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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