Large Roman Head - SOLD
Faustina the Younger
21 - 130 AD
Roman
Height 9.5”
North Africa
Provenance: Private Collection, Brussels
A rare large important image of the daughter of Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder, it is a truly striking sculpture and a lifelike depiction of the Roman Empress. Given divine honors after her death she was a maternal cousin to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Faustina the Younger
21 - 130 AD
Roman
Height 9.5”
North Africa
Provenance: Private Collection, Brussels
A rare large important image of the daughter of Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder, it is a truly striking sculpture and a lifelike depiction of the Roman Empress. Given divine honors after her death she was a maternal cousin to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Faustina the Younger
21 - 130 AD
Roman
Height 9.5”
North Africa
Provenance: Private Collection, Brussels
A rare large important image of the daughter of Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder, it is a truly striking sculpture and a lifelike depiction of the Roman Empress. Given divine honors after her death she was a maternal cousin to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.