Portrait of Livia. Rome

Female head sculpted in fine-grained white marble. It is a provincial replica model of the portrait of Augustus` wife with a "nodus" hairstyle, characterised by a high quiff on the forehead, side waves, straight hair on the cranium and a low, thick bun. The most relevant physiognomic features are the large eyes, wide cheekbones, small mouth and short chin. It would have been made by a copyist from the province.