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Head of a Woman (Main View, front)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The full, oval face, turned slightly to the right, features small, asymmetrical, close-set eyes with prominent eyelids and low eyebrows. The nose is straight and the soft, small mouth sits above a round, dimpled chin. Voluminous wavy curls, parted in the center, frame the face; two fine, short locks dangle from the part over the forehead, a detail that is uncommon. The rendering of the finely drawn and almost adolescent features, along with the expressive face, link this head to a type that is well documented in Taranto in the fourth century B.C.

Details

  • Title: Head of a Woman (Main View, front)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 350–300 B.C.
  • Location Created: Tarentum (Taras), South Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 12 × 10.3 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/16 in.)
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 82.AD.93.14
  • Culture: Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Sculpture (Visual Works)

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