Portrait of a woman
Marble.Mid-3rd century CE.
H. 65.1 cm. Inv. No. 18.145.39.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a woman.
Marble.
Mid-3rd century CE.
H. 65.1 cm.
Mid-3rd century CE.
H. 65.1 cm.
Inv. No. 18.145.39.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
Rogers Fund, 1918. Until 1918, with Alfredo Barsanti, Rome; acquired in 1918, purchsed from A. Barsanti.
Description:
The subject of this extremely fine portrait wears her hair in a fashion associated with Otacilia Severa, wife of the emperor Philip the Arab (r. A.D. 244—249). The wavy hair is parted in the center, looped back over the ears to form a wide flat braid pinned to the back of the head.
Literature:
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1921. “Greek and Roman Accessions”. Bullletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 (1): p. 14.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1921. “Classical Accessions: IV Roman Portraits”. Bullletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 (11): p. 228, fig. 4.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 303—304, fig. 213, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 303—304, fig. 213, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1940. “A Rearrangement of Roman Portraits”. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35 (10): p. 202.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1941. Roman Portraits, Vol. 2. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1948. Roman Portraits, 2nd edn no. 89, p. v, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1978. Antichnoe iskusstvo iz muzeia Metropoliten, Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki: Katalog vystavki. no. 98, Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 113, p. 145, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Zanker, Paul. 2016. Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 87, pp. 192, 227—229, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1921. “Classical Accessions: IV Roman Portraits”. Bullletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 (11): p. 228, fig. 4.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1927. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 303—
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 303—
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1940. “A Rearrangement of Roman Portraits”. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35 (10): p. 202.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1941. Roman Portraits, Vol. 2. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1948. Roman Portraits, 2nd edn no. 89, p. v, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1978. Antichnoe iskusstvo iz muzeia Metropoliten, Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki: Katalog vystavki. no. 98, Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 113, p. 145, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Zanker, Paul. 2016. Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 87, pp. 192, 227—
Credits:
(cc) 2019. Photo, text: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0 1.0).
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines αυτοκρατορικό imperial imperiale kaiserliches impérial ρωμαϊκή αυτοκράτειρα marcia otacilia severa empress imperatrice kaiserin impératrice απεικόνιση portrait portraiture ritratto ritrattistica porträtmalerei porträt προτομή bust busto büste buste of a woman female femminile donna weibliches frau de femme marble marmo marmor marbre μάρμαρο hairdo hairstyle pettinatura acconciatura weibliche frisur coiffure féminine θηλυκό χτένισμα comb-out hair setting set piega dei capelli inv no 18 145 39
