Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Bust of a Young Woman

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Bust of a Young Woman
Image View: 
Overall view from front
Creator: 
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. Scu 201
Location Note: 
Palazzo Nuovo, Salla delle Colombe; Albani Collection
GPS: 
+41.893545+12.483240
Date: 
ca. 120-150 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Roman (ancient)
Style Period: 
Antonine; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Subjects: 
death or burial; funerary art; portrait; Roman portrait bust
Description: 
The oval of the face is characterized by elongated eyes, with irises and pupils incised, with a pronounced nose and sulky lips, slightly pushed forward. This is a funerary portrait, dated between the late Hadrianic period (117-138 CE) and the early Antonine period (138-192 CE), originally arranged within a burial chamber. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapitolini.org/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-CM-BGD-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.