Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of a Young Woman
Image View:
Overall view from left side
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.museicapit olini.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-BGD-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of a Young Woman