Marble portrait , probably of Domitia Longina, wife of emperor Domitian, or some other, upper class woman. Followinf the fashion of the Flavian period (69-96 AD) the complicated coiffeure is parted in three, the front section with hair comberd forwards and built into a high arching crown of deeply drilled curls, the mid plaited and the back coiled into an elaborated bun. Roman period 1st cent AD. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion - Crete, Greece

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Marble portrait , probably of Domitia Longina, wife of emperor Domitian, or some other, upper class woman. Followinf the fashion of the Flavian period (69-96 AD) the complicated coiffeure is parted in three, the front section with hair comberd forwards and built into a high arching crown of deeply drilled curls, the mid plaited and the back coiled into an elaborated bun. Roman period 1st cent AD. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion - Crete, Greece

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Size: 3264px × 4928px
Location: Herak;ion, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, crete, europe, greece, heraklion, history, iraklion, portrait, ravera, sculpture, stefano