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Fresco with head of a goddess
Roman
Imperial Period
about 1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Fresco
Dimensions
Length (as restored) x width: 36.5 x 27.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8253
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionProbably Juno or Ceres. Eyes brown, face dark, hair brown; diadem yellow, veil light blue. Earrings consist of pendants, white and yellow; at left a large leaf or fan, dark red. Two large cracks, and some smaller ones, now filled with plaster.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bourguignon: from Pompeii); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901