Marble Portrait of Agrippina the Elder in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, November 2009

Marble Portrait of Agrippina the Elder
Probably from near Troy
ca. AD 38-54

# MS 213

Agrippina the Elder (circa 14 BC- AD 33) was the daughter of Agrippa, Augustus's wealthy, lifelong friend and supporter, and Julia, his daughter. She married Germanicus, great-nephew of Augustus, and bore nine of his children. One of these was the future emperor, Caligula. When her husband died suddenly, perhaps of poisoning, Agrippina was banished from Rome and died of starvation in exile.

Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.