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Miniature portrait sculpture: CG 539

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Description

The fragment is part of the head of Agrippina the Elder or more probably one of her daughters, with youthful physiognomy and the pupils of the eyes firmly outlined. Her coiffure consists of a cascade of locks each falling to the forehead where it ends in a curl. there are traces of a central parting.

Notes

History note: Shannon bequest

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 50* mm
Width: 41* mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1st Century
Circa - Circa 100

School or Style

Roman Imperial

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Green jasper

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 539
Primary reference Number: 124617
Gem catalogue number: GR.116.1937

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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