Character portrait of stage and screen actress Helen Ware as Madame Alvarez in "A Soldier of Fortune," wearing a chignon and a tiara atop her head. Ware, who married fellow actor Frederick Burt, was born October 15, 1877 in San Francisco,...
Portrait of right profile of actress Catherine Dale Owen with her hair pulled back into a chignon, and wearing a single strand of pearls and a print dress. Born July 28, 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky, Owen died September 7, 1965 in New York City....
Portrait of right profile of May Waldron's head and neck, with her hair pulled back into a chignon and wearing a necklace. The actress May Waldron, also known as Mrs. Stuart Robson, was born December 1, 1868 in Ontario, Canada, and died December...
Sculpture; Portraits; Women; Empresses; Princesses; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Nobility; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles
Discovered near Tivoli (Italy).
"Cut from a single block of marble, this bust of Faustina the Younger is notable for its excellent state of preservation, despite a few chips on the face, some damage to the drapery, and the modern restoration...
"Venus is represented rising out of the water in accord with the conventions of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type. The triton and dolphin, which recall the maritime setting, were sometimes depicted alternately with two cupids accompanying the...
Sculpture; Sarcophagi; Coffins; Death & burial; Containers; Monuments & memorials; Memorial works; Inscriptions; Human life cycle; Childhood & youth; Domestic life; Child rearing; Breast feeding; Feeding; Lifting & carrying; Riding;...
"[…] this child's sarcophagus has been reassembled from many fragments. The front panel is, however, in fairly good condition, with a few missing pieces reconstructed from Carrara marble. […] This sarcophagus is among the earliest of the...
