Large Herculaneum Woman, 1st century, AD. The statue was probably from an honorific monument for a local woman at Herculaneum. It deploys one of the most popular designs for female portrait statues under the Roman Empire. More than 150 versions survive. The woman has an ideal beauty and is modestly veiled.

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Large Herculaneum Woman, 1st century, AD. The statue was probably from an honorific monument for a local woman at Herculaneum. It deploys one of the most popular designs for female portrait statues under the Roman Empire. More than 150 versions survive. The woman has an ideal beauty and is modestly veiled.

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