Marble portrait of a young woman

Unknown

ca. 139–150 CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

This girl’s hair in a braided coil toward the back of the head imitates the style worn by Faustina the Younger, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. A.D. 161–180), as she is depicted on coins as late as A.D. 140–150.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 139–150 CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1910