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Marble Portrait of a Young Girl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2008

Marble Portrait of a Young Girl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2008
Marble Portrait of a Young Girl
Roman, Flavian period, 81-96 AD

Accession # 20.188

The often-changing hairstyles of ladies at the imperial court are well-documented, making possible the approximate dating of many portraits of unknown but fashionable women. This girl's coiffure with a rounded halo of curls and tight braids tied at the nape of the neck is very similar to that of Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor Domitian, as she appears on coin portraits that are dated to the early 80s AD.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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