Marble portrait bust of a woman

ca. 100–120 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162
This portrait of a stern Trajanic matriarch has much in common with images of Trajan’s wife, the empress Plotina. Two ancient points of attachment in the front
once held a marble addition representing the high crescent-shaped hairpiece fashionable during that period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble portrait bust of a woman
  • Period: Trajanic
  • Date: ca. 100–120 CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: H. 22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
  • Object Number: 14.130.7
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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