A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A WOMAN
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A WOMAN
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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A WOMAN

VALERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 260-270 A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A WOMAN
VALERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 260-270 A.D.
13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.) high
來源
with John Allison, Geneva.
Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above, 1987; thence by descent to the current owner.
出版
I. Jucker, Skulpturen der Antiken-Sammlung Ennetwies, Mainz am Rhein, 1995, Band 1, pp. 43-44, no. 26, pls. 53-54.
Arachne Online Database no. 1091312.

榮譽呈獻

Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon

拍品專文

As P. Zanker observes, in the 3rd century, competition among varied, complex hairstyles played a lesser role and simpler coiffures were favored in portraits of women (see p. 192 and cats. 87-89 in Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art). In contrast, the hairstyle seen in this fine portrait with the proper-right length swept up and twisted into a bun, recalls earlier styles seen in depictions of the Empress Sabina and can be understood as a reflection of the classicizing tendencies that were popular under the reign of the Emperor Gallienus (r. 253-268; see nos. 10-11 in K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Summlungen der Stadt Rom, Band III).

Jucker (op. cit.) considers this head to be a masterpiece of late Roman portraiture; that even in the crisis-ridden 3rd century sculptors produced high-quality works that were both captivating and technically advanced.

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