A Marble Head of a Woman, Roman Imperial, Hadrianic, circa 117-138 A.D.

inspired by a Greek work in late Severe style of circa 460 B.C., her idealized face with almond-shaped eyes, the centrally-parted wavy hair surmounted by a veil.

European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1920s
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auktion. Kunst der Antike, no. 222, June 25th, 2014, no. 12, illus.

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A related head is in the Antiquarium of the Munich Residenz (E. Weski and H. Frosien-Leinz, Das Antiquarium der Münchner Residenz. Katalog der Skulpturen, 1987, pp. 136f., no. 8; http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/12778), another in the Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums (R. Tölle-Kastenbein, Antike Plastik, vol. XX, 1986, p. 18, no. 50v, and p. 26, pls. 35-36; W. Amelung, Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, vol. I,4, Berlin, 1903, p. 660, no. 530A, pl. 70; B. Andreae, ed., Museo Chiaramonti, vol. 2, 1995, pl. 792; http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/20300).