Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Julia Flavia, Daughter of Titus
Image View:
Detail, from the right side (drapery added in the Baroque period)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8638
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Date:
ca. 80 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
portrait; Titus, Emperor of Rome, 40-81 ; Flavian dynasty
Description:
Julia Titi Flavia (64-91) was the daughter and only child to Roman Emperor Titus from his second marriage to the well-connected Marcia Furnilla. She later bacame the mistress of her uncle, the Emperor Domitian. The bust displays the elaborate curled hairdo popular during the Flavian dynasty. The drapery of the bust was restored during the Baroque period. Nose and right ear restoration and some curls restored in resin. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-BOJ-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Julia Flavia, Daughter of Titus