Portrait of a Girl
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Portrait of a Girl
Published 2018-03-27T09:46:34+00:00
Description
This portrait sculpture is of a girl with a very specific hairstyle, it is pulled together in a bin above the forehead. This hairstyle was used in early Augustan portraits such as that of Octavia, Octavian/Augustus's sister. It could have been placed in a family grave as a memory.
Technical Information
| Date published | 27/03/2018 |
| Complexity | Medium |
More Information
| Title | Portrait of a Girl |
| Date | 30-10 BC |
| Accession | Sk 433 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Acquired in 1766 in Rome, Italy |
| Record | http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/home.html |
| Place | Altes Museum |
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