Fragmentary portrait of a woman
Second half 2nd century CE
Description
Although difficult to characterize because of its fragmentary nature, the portrait depicts a young woman. The woman looks forward with large brown eyes that are delicately rimmed with thick lashes. The figure's black-brown hair is parted in the center and pulled back from her face with visible rows of herring-bone pattern painted in thick, dark pigment to suggest plaited rows.
Dimensions
13.97 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. A. Kingsley Porter, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1946.
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