Marciana
Marble. First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 0.9.4074.Milan, Civic Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Marciana.
Marble. First half of the 2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A 0.9.4074.
Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum
(Civico museo archeologico di Milano).
Origin:
unknown.
Description:
Originally the head was a part of a statue “with a veiled head” (capite velato) as indicated by the rear part, though heavily damaged. The features and the hairdress with a diadema bear a great resemblance to monetal and sculptoreal portraits of Marciana, the sister of imperator Trajan (98-117 A.D.). Therefore the sculpture was interpreted as an honorary one, probably posthumous, of the Augusta, deified after death (112 A.D.).
Literature:
E. Camporini, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani. Regio XI. Mediolanum-Comum I, Milano 1979, n. 78, pag.91.
Credits:
© 2011. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum information materials.
Data: museum information materials.
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