Marble portrait of a middle-aged woman. The Roman ideal of the modest woman with strength of character is expressed clearly in this powerful individualized portrtait of an unidentified female. The close dating of the sculpture comes from a comparison of the hair style with that on representations of Livia and Julia, the wife and daughter of Augustus.
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White, Donald J., Ann B. Brownlee, Irene B. Romano, and Jean M. Turfa. 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, 2002. See: p. 77, no. 112
Furnée-van Zwet, L. "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 31. (1956): 1-22. See: p. 13, fig. 14
