Etruscan Votive Head of a Woman in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Votive Head of a Woman
Etruscan, 4th century BC
Terracotta
48.2762

This head was a votive offering from a sanctuary and exemplifies the Classical style in Etruscan sculpture. The woman wears a crown and elaborate earrings that were made separately and may have been modeled after original examples in gold.

Text from the Walters Art Museum label.