Statue
MS3478
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3478 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | Late Hellenistic |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Female Head | Diana |
| Description | Small head of a woman. White marble. Preserved from base of neck up, intact save for chip of nose. Frontal pose. One roll of flesh on neck. Hair parted in the middle, aranged in a roll brushed back from forehead and temples, exposing ears fully. A thick knot of hair on top of head. Back hair worked in only a summary fashion. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Depth | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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