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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 0 - circa 100; Classification(s): engraved gems, Miniature portrait sculpture, intaglio cutting; Acquisition: bequeathed by Shannon, Charles [CG 539]
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. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | engraved gems Unknown Miniature portrait sculpture | Temporal: | name=first century A.D.; start=0; end=100 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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