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Fragmentary Marble Head of a Girl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2018

Fragmentary Marble Head of a Girl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2018
Fragmentary marble head of a girl

Period:Mid-Imperial, Antonine

Date:ca. A.D. 138–161

Culture:Roman

Medium:Marble

Dimensions:Overall: 9 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. (23.2 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm)

Classification:Stone Sculpture

Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1911

Accession Number:11.212.5

Fragment of a portrait head of a woman. The forms of the face are delicate and nuanced. The mouth, with its full lips, appears slightly open, and the nose is highly individualized.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248586

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