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Portrait of Julia Domna in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Portrait of Julia Domna in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009
Portrait of Julia Domna


Creator: Roman (Artist)

Period: ca. 200 (Severan)

Medium: marble (Sculpture)

Accession Number: 23.210

Measurements: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (24.5 x 19.3 x 17.4 cm); mount: 4 1/8 x 6 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (10.4 x 17.6 x 12.6 cm)

Geographies: Rome, Italy (Place of Origin)

Julia Domna, a Syrian, was the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus (reigned AD 193-211). The smooth uninterrupted expanses of her face, the heavily lidded eyes with the pupils created by two overlapping, spherical cavities, and the detailed incisions of the hair are distinctive of this period.

Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/9484/portrait-of-julia-domna/

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