Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Young Girl
- Date
- c. 25–30 CE
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Italy, Eastern Roman Empire
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This bronze portrait has a boyish close-cropped hairstyle and rounded forehead. The irises of the eyes are now hollow but were once inlaid with material, possibly glass. The head was likely set into a body or bust and placed inside a tomb. This portrait head is distinctive for the particular arrangement of the comma-shaped locks of hair, which resembles portraiture during the later period of the reign of Tiberius (AD 25–30), a Julio-Claudian emperor. Some scholars believe that the earrings identify the figure as an Armenian prince, while others believe this to be a portrait of a young girl. The earrings this young girl wears are similar to a pair in the CMA collection ( 1985.174 ).
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