Portrait Bust of Livia
A.D. 1–25
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 40.5 × 20.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-231154
Preserved is a portrait bust of Livia (b. 58 B.C. d. A.D. 29), wife of Emperor Augustus, and mother - by her previous marriage - of Tiberius. Her oval face is smooth and full, with large eyes that have distinct upper and lower lids, a small mouth and a round chin. The back and the left side of the head are missing, and there is damage to her nose and mouth, as well as chips on the right side of her face. She wears her hair in the nodus style - a three-inch section on top of her head is drawn forward to form a knot (nodus) and then braided back. Over her temples are loose, double waves. The portrait was carved when Livia was around sixty, but presents her as youthful, and the impression is one of modesty and stability - key themes as Augustus asserted his power after years of political conflict and civil war.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- A.D. 1–25 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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