Buste de femme au parchemin

Byzantin

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Ce buste aux traits sensibles représente une femme d’âge mur à l’expression pensive et au regard perçant. Le parchemin dans sa main droite révèle le goût de l’étude et l’appartenance à l’élite. Typique de l’aristocratie également, la tenue est composée d’une tunique, d’un manteau et d’une coiffe d’un style en vogue au IVe siècle. La sculpture faisait peut-être partie d’une collection commémorative destinée à rappeler un don public, ou bien de la décoration d’un intérieur privé.

Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine

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Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine
Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll, Pentelic Marble, Byzantine

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