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Portrait of a Young Girl
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About this work
This bronze portrait has a boyish close-cropped hairstyle and rounded forehead. The irises of the eyes are now hollow but were once inlaid with material, possibly glass. The head was likely set into a body or bust and placed inside a tomb. This portrait head is distinctive for the particular arrangement of the comma-shaped locks of hair, which resembles portraiture during the later period of the reign of Tiberius (AD 25–30), a Julio-Claudian emperor. Some scholars believe that the earrings identify the figure as an Armenian prince, while others believe this to be a portrait of a young girl.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of a Young Girl, c. 25–30 CE. Italy, Eastern Roman Empire. Bronze; overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.138
