Portrait of Livia

37-31 BCE (Late Republican)

24 cm 47 cm 31 cm

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This portrait of Livia was created not long after her marriage to Emperor Augustus. As the first empress of Rome, Livia wanted her public image to embody all the virtues that the Romans valued in a woman, including "pudicita" (modesty) and "pietas" (respect). She also set a ne...

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E. Zoumpoulakis, Athens, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1926, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2532]; Joseph Brummer Sale, New York, June 9, 1949, no. 472; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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