Harvard Art Museums

Bust of a Woman

Medium: Terracotta
Department: Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Institution: Harvard Art Museums
Object ID: 77787

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The bust portrays the head, shoulders, and upper chest, cutting off the body below the breasts. The figure wears an elaborate headdress with a veil that falls to her shoulders. She wears a draped garment over her body, and part of the same garment criss-crosses her chest. The body terminates in a small round pedestal.

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Provenance: Transfer from the Peabody Museum, Jan. 10, 1978.

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