Head of a Woman
Date:
130/160 A.D.
Medium:
Encaustic with gilded stucco on wood panel
Dimensions:
9 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (24.77 × 44.77 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Julius H. Haass
Object number:
25.2
Frontal, head and shoulder length portrait of a woman. She has dark curley hair, not parted but brushed back, heavy eyebrows, large almond shaped eyes and an aqualine nose. She looks straight ahead. She wears earrings which consist of a loop, short drop chain and single pearl, a necklace and a purple cloak over a light colored garment. The necklace is applied in gilded stucco relief and has a coin embeded in it. The garment has probably been extensively repainted.
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