Marble Bust of a Young Girl in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Title: Bust of a Girl

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Date: A.D. 180–200

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: 39.7 × 19.5 × 27.9 cm (15 5/8 × 7 11/16 × 11 in.)

Place: Roman Empire (Place Created)

Culture: Roman

Object Number: 87.AA.48

Department: Antiquities

Classification: Sculpture

Object Type: Child's portrait

The girl's slight frame is draped by a tunic buttoned at the shoulders. The contours of her face are delicately modeled, but her facial features are asymmetrical, the right eye noticeably lower than the left. Her hair is parted in the center with loose curls falling down either side of her face. The hair around the face is articulated by deep drill work while the back is only cursorily carved. The bust rests on a base with relief decorations on the front. There are two scratches on the forehead and some small chips missing from the face and hair.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103WFB