Livia, from Pompeii, front view, detail of head.
Title |
Livia, from Pompeii, front view, detail of head. |
Cultural Context |
Ancient Roman Italian European Western European |
Style/Period |
Roman (ancient Italian style) Imperial (Roman) |
Subject |
Sculpture Portraits Details Heads (Anatomy) Faces Women Empresses Rulers People associated with politics & government Upper class Clothing & dress Veils Headgear Hairstyles |
Description |
Figure 37. Livia. Cat. 27: Pompeii. Antiquarium 4400 (caption, p.40); Statue composed of head and reused body. Found leaning against the wall in the peristyle of the Villa of the Mysteries. (p.157) |
People Pictured |
Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, ca. 58 BCE-29 CE |
Material |
White marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock) |
Measurements |
Head and neck: 0.285 m |
Technique |
Sculpting Carving (processes) |
Work Type |
Sculpture Statues Portraits Details |
Repository |
Antiquarium (Pompeii, Italy) |
Source |
Bartman, Elizabeth. Portraits of Livia: Imaging the Imperial Woman in Augustan Rome. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1999. (fig.37, cat.27, p.40) |
Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Bartman courtesy: Copyright Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Rome. |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 1944-08.jpg |
Rating |
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