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Unknown
Head of a Woman or Goddess, perhaps Demetercirca 98-117

Not on view
Marble sculptural fragment of a human head, smooth-surfaced face turned slightly left, with carved wavy hair bound by a fabric band, broken at skull and neck

Unknown, Head of a Woman or Goddess, perhaps Demeter, circa 98-117, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Head of a Woman or Goddess, perhaps Demeter
Culture
Roman, Trajanic period
Place Made
Unknown
Date Made
circa 98-117
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Height: 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm); Width: 7 3/4 in. (19.69 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Accession Number
46.16.6
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.

  • "A Pictorial Essay on the Los Angeles County Museum." The Art Gallery 8, no.9 (1965): 7-15, 30-34.