Sculpture

MS4034

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4034
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Late Republican Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Description

White marble. Head and most of both arms are missing. Arms were attached seperately. Broken off below beneath the breasts. Right arm extended straight out to the right. Left arm at side. She wears a garment forming a V-neck which seems to be covered in part by a mantle which is drawn across the back and over the shoulder from righ to left. In front it covers the left breast. It is then girt in a thick roll around the eaist below the breasts.

Height 17 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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