Terracotta Head of a Woman in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Head of a Woman


Creator: Etruscan (Artist)

Period: 4th-3rd century BC

Medium: terracotta, traces of paint and gilding (Ceramics)

Accession Number: 48.310

Measurements: 3 9/16 x 2 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. (9 x 7.1 x 9.5 cm)

Geographies: Latium (in present-day Lazio, Italy) (Place of Origin)

Early Italian cultures decorated their buildings with sculpture made of terracotta. The head retains traces of its original colors: white for the skin and red for the hair, with gilding on the diadem (crown).

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