Portrait of a Young Girl

Description

This bronze portrait has a boyish close-cropped hairstyle and rounded forehead. The irises of the eyes are now hollow but were once inlaid with material, possibly glass. The head was likely set into a body or bust and placed inside a tomb. This portrait head is distinctive for the particular arrangement of the comma-shaped locks of hair, which resembles portraiture during the later period of the reign of Tiberius (AD 25–30), a Julio-Claudian emperor. Some scholars believe that the earrings identify the figure as an Armenian prince, while others believe this to be a portrait of a young girl.

Provenance

Acanthus Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH (1985-)

Portrait of a Young Girl

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c. 25–30 CE

Accession Number

1985.138

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund