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Portrait Head of a Woman, Probably the Empress Faustina Minor

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Description: Portrait Head of a Woman, Probably the Empress Faustina Minor
TitlePortrait Head of a Woman, Probably the Empress Faustina Minor
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 165 AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https:/­/­www.clevelandart.org/­art/­1925.161#
Accession number1925.161
SubjectsPortrait sculpture, Roman--AncientEmpresses--RomeWomen--Rome--History
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Catalogue: The Public Realm
Diana E. E. Kleiner (Editor), Susan B. Matheson (Editor)
Description: I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome
I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome
Catalogue, Section One
Author
Diana E. E. Kleiner (Editor), Susan B. Matheson (Editor)
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 1996 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.53-102
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31695&redirecttoanchor=106534
Chapter subject tags:Women--Portraits, RomanPortrait sculpture, RomanPortrait sculpture in numismaticsWomen--Rome--HistoryWomen--Rome--Social conditionsChildren--Portraits, RomanEmpresses--RomeRelief (Sculpture), RomanLegal documents (Roman law)Textile fabrics, RomanRome--History, MilitaryRome--ReligionRome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.Rome--History--Hadrian, 117-138Rome--History--Severans, 193-235Rome--History--Antonines, 96-192Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
Gender Theory in Roman Art
Natalie Boymel Kampen
Description: I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome
I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome
I, Claudia brings together the material traces of Roman women. In works of art depicting women, objects of everyday use connected with women, and reconstructions of the spaces through which women passed, we have the chance to understand something about who Roman women were and what their lives were like...
Author
Natalie Boymel Kampen
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 1996 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.14-25
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Chapter subject tags:Women--Rome--Social conditionsWomen--Rome--HistoryWomen and gender, Ancient--RomeWomen--Portraits, RomanFaustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175Portrait sculpture, RomanJulia Domna, Empress, consort of Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome, -217Relief (Sculpture), Roman

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