Draped female statue with the portrait of Marciana
Marble.
110s CE.
H. 267 cm.
Florence, Loggia of LanziPhoto by Egisto Sani

Draped female statue with the portrait of Marciana.

Marble.
110s CE.
H. 267 cm.

Florence, Loggia of Lanzi.

Rome, Forum of Trajan.
Origin:
Discovered in Rome, presumably in the Forum of Trajan. Since 1531 in the Capranica—della Valle collection; presumably in 1789 was carried to Florence.
Description:
Restorations: nose, left eyebrow, lips and left ear. The head belongs to the statue?
Literature:
A. Alexandridis, Die Frauen des römischen Kaiserhauses (2004) 177 f. Cat. no. 163 Pl. 33, 1;
P. Arndt — W. Amelung (Hrsg.), Photographische Einzelaufnahmen Antiker Sculpturen (1893—1947) Cat. no. 333;
M. Bonanno, RendPontAcc 61, 1988/89, 261 ff. Ill. 5. 8. 12;
G. Capecchi, BdA 60, 1975, 173 f. Ill. 11—13 Cat. no. 5;
C. Gasparri, AA 1979, 529 ff. Ill. 8. 10—12;
M. Wegner, Hadrian, Plotina, Marciana, Matidia, Sabina, Herrscherbild 2, 3 (Berlin 1956) 121;
FA photo reprints: Alinari 2509.
Credits:
(cc) 2012. Photo: Egisto Sani (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Description, bibliography: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/56699.
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