About the Work

The youthful, idealised face is characterised by very fine, even features. Almond-shaped eyes with heavy, slightly drooping lids. The sensuous mouth is small, the opening marked by a deep groove.

The wavy hair is parted in the middle and held in place by a fillet above the forehead. The ample curls, which half cover the ears, are drawn to the back of the head where they were once tied together and from where they cascade onto the shoulders in two long strands. Rings of Venus on the neck. Scaled-down Claudian marble copy of an original from the late 2nd or early 1st century B.C.

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Provenance

Formerly Coll. Dr. Dietrich Schwencke, acquired when he was working for the German Embassy in London, prior to 1939. Thence by descent, Germany. Thereafter priv. coll. Switzerland, since 2007.