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Title	Eumachia, front view.
Date	1st century CE
Cultural Context	Ancient Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Roman (ancient Italian style) Imperial (Roman) Julio-Claudian
Subject	Sculpture Women People associated with religion Clothing & dress
Description	"Statue of the priestess Eumachia in white marble with traces of the original polychrome. This is from the time of Tiberius (first century A.D.) and emulates, though less effectively, several aspects of Greek art in the late-classical age (fourth century B.C.), especially the extraordinarily gentle and elegant art of Praxiteles." (Caption, p. 133)
People Pictured	Eumachia
Material	White marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues Portraits
Repository	Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Source	Coarelli, Filippo, ed. Pompeii. Trans. Patricia A. Cockram. New York: Riverside Book, 2002. (p.133 left).
Rights	© MAGNUS EDIZIONI SpA, Udine, Italy. Photograph reproduced in Coarelli courtesy: Alfredo and Pio Foglia, Naples.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 761-06.jpg
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