CultureRoman
Titles
- Portrait Head of Plautilla
Date202–205 AD
MediumMarble
Dimensions14 1/4 × 8 × 8 7/8 in. (36.2 × 20.3 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number70.39
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
203 Crane Gallery
Exposé
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Exhibition HistoryDidactic comparison with similar head from J. Paul Getty Museum (72.AA.118), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 13–May 13, 1978 and J. Paul Getty Museum, August–December 1978 (LN: 78.14).
"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October 1980–4 January, 1981.
Exhibited: "I Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome," at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, September 6 to December 1, 1996; San Antonio Museum of Art, January 3 to March 9, 1997; and North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, April 6 to June 15, 1997 (LN:96.3).
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