Statue
| Object Number: | MS4919 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Roman Roman |
| Provenience: | Italy Sardinia |
| Date Made: | 0-99 CE |
| Late Date: | 99 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Female Head |
| Height: | 36 cm |
| Width: | 19.5 cm |
| Depth: | 21.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Fausto Benedetti, 1914 |
Description
Broken obliquely across top of head at back. Ears, nose, eyebrows abraded. Scar (pick-mark?) on right cheek. Trimmed at base of neck to fit into stock body. Round face done in soft planes except for two small lines between brows. Cheekbones high; eyes unworked thinly ridged above, with some sfumato below. Lips long and not pursed. Hair parted in center, divided into five horizontal loose rolls above ears, pulled back to join raised back hair held by two small braids in coronet-position. Ears pierced for earrings. Marble white, fine, with occasional large crystals. Yellowish patina. Heavy threaded iron tenon in bottom for mounting.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 203, no. 102 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 130, fig. 118 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 77, no. 112 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Hall, Edith H. 1914. "A Neo-Attic Relief and a Roman Portrait Head". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 5. no. 1. pg. 26-28 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 28-30, fig. 16 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 169, no. 14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Furnée-van Zwet, L. 1956. "Fashion in Women's Hair-dress in the First Century of the Roman Empire". Bulletin van de Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving. Vol. 31. pg. 1-22 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 13, fig. 14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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