Head of a Woman
about 350 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 17.8 × 14.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-244232
The oval face, set on a tapered neck with two Venus rings, presents a high forehead, large, asymmetrical eyes with thick eyelids, a straight nose with a flattened ridge, fleshy lips, and a full, dimpled chin. Parted in the middle, the hair is arranged in long, parallel waves around the face and is gathered in a roll behind the neck, exposing the earlobes, pierced for the insertion of earrings. A triangular space in the part suggests that a diadem may have been inserted. The face and hairstyle recall a Classical model and are much like 82.AD.93.2, although here the hair is wavier and facial features less precise.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- about 350 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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