Female head

Classification

relief

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 11.2 cm

Date

2nd century A.D.

Period

2nd century A.D.

Material

marble analysis ; Luna marble

Iconography

female head ; veil

Production place

Rome (city)

Findspot

Rome (city)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Hekler, Antal (1882–1940)

Inventory

53.506

Hyp-4521

References

Erdélyi, in AntHung 2 (1948), 61–63, no. 12, fig. 16; Sprincz, in BullMusHong 15 (1959), 10–12, 72–73, no. 2, fig. 6

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.