Kopf einer jungen Frau (Typ kleine Herculaneum-Frau). Unbekannt 25 v. Chr.–A.D. 25 der Kopf zeigt eine junge Frau mit gleichmäßigen und völlig symmetrischen Merkmalen. Ihr Gesicht hat die Form eines Ovals mit einer glatten Stirn unter einer halbrunden Haarlinie und endet mit einem kleinen, aber perfekt abgerundeten Kinn. Unter sanft gewölbten Augenbrauen erscheinen ihre mandelförmigen Augen, obwohl sie keine Anzeichen von Iris oder Pupillen aufweisen, leicht nach unten; ihre Nase, von dem, was davon übrig ist, wäre schlank gewesen; und der kleine Mund ist sanft zwischen das schwellende Fleisch ihrer Wangen eingebettet. Die empfindlichen Lippen sind leicht geteilt a
8086 x 9334 px | 68,5 x 79 cm | 27 x 31,1 inches | 300dpi
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24. Februar 2022
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Head of a Young Woman (Small Herculaneum Woman type). Unknown 25 B.C.–A.D. 25 The head depicts a young woman with even and entirely symmetrical features. Her face is in the shape of an oval with a smooth forehead below a semicircular hairline and terminates in a small but perfectly rounded chin. Under gently arched brows her almond-shaped eyes, though missing any indication of irises or pupils, appear slightly downcast; her nose—from what is left of it—would have been slim; and the small mouth is softly embedded between the swelling flesh of her cheeks. The sensitive lips are slightly parted as if breathing or speaking. The idealized yet organic build of the face is crowned by a distinct hairstyle commonly referred to as a melon coiffure: the hair is divided into ten evenly spaced rows (“lobes”) running parallel from front to back. There they meet five additional rows starting from behind the ears and converge in a circular chignon whose center the sculptor left ill-defined. Each row is made up of diagonal strands of wavy hair; two lose S-shaped curls are decoratively pulled out before each ear; and above the forehead, the central part is accentuated by a pair of mirroring ring curls. The head belongs to a type in Greco-Roman sculpture known as the Small Herculaneum Woman, which is named after two draped statues in the Dresden State Art Museums (inv. [Hm 327][1] and [Hm 328][2]), that were discovered about 1711 at Herculaneum and were among the very first discoveries from the ancient city. This statue type of a draped woman is ubiquitous in Roman sculpture and was employed in the vast majority of cases to be equipped with individual contemporary portrait heads. Only three statues are known that preserve the draped body together with the Greek-style head featuring the melon coiffure. The image likely originated in Greek sculpture of the late 300s B.C.E. and may have represented a priestess, poet, civic benefactor—in her own right or as a family member of
