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Source Description
This head represents a young woman with a serious expression, which is intensified by drawn-together eyebrows and lips pressed tightly together. Traces of stucco in the eye sockets used to affix inlays have survived.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76463
label
Head of a Woman with an Oval Face
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76463
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Woman with an Oval Face
description
This head represents a young woman with a serious expression, which is intensified by drawn-together eyebrows and lips pressed tightly together. Traces of stucco in the eye sockets used to affix inlays have survived.
provenance
Private American Collection; Royal-Athena Galleries, New York; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, November 20, 1987, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
busts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.1
height
12.1
depth
8.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 4 3/4 x D: 3 3/8 in. (22.07 x 12.07 x 8.57 cm)
Source extras
cul
Qatabanean
med
calcite-alabaster, stucco
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
419cb8d50b431520