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Head of a Woman

Date

about 350 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)

Department

Sculpture

Institution

Getty Museum

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.

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