A Roman Marble Figure of a Woman, probably a Muse, circa 2nd Century A.D., with head restored in the 19th Century

standing on a profiled base with the weight on her left leg, wearing a long chiton with sleeves and double overfold, and himation draped diagonally across the body and once as a veil over the head, folded over at the right shoulder, and tucked in at the left elbow; minor losses in drapery folds formerly restored in marble, remains of minor plaster fills, incl. proper right big toe; lower part of the veil of restored marble head completed in plaster. 

Belgian private collection, late 19th Century (based on restoration techniques)
Belgian private collection, by descent

As shown and described. Head restored in the 19th century. The other missing extremities of the figure as well as areas of the drapery folds appear to have been restored in marble and/or painted plaster, perhaps at the same time as the head. Remains of plaster in bottom of central fold in crescent-shaped loss. Weathered plaster restoration along proper right big toe. Base chipped along upper edge in both corners and in back behind proper left foot. Minor chips along lower edge of base. Front of proper right toe abraded. Front of proper left big toe appears to have been deliberately filed down. Various minor chips and abrasions throughout. Restored head has plaster restorations on bottom left end of veil, large chip on top of tiara/stephane, and tip of nose abraded. Stress crack/vein across proper lower right cheek and front of neck.
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Related in terms of composition and drapery is the so-called Euterpe Miletus (for the type see C. Schneider, Die Musengruppe von Milet, 1999, pp. 102ff.). The workmanship points to a workshop in Asia Minor. The profile and shape of the base are very close to those of a Herakles statuette in Boston: M. Comstock and C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone. The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1976, p. 89f., no. 139.