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
On view
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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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