Fragmentary portrait of a woman
Roman
Although difficult to characterize because of its fragmentary nature, the portrait depicts a young woman. The woman looks forward with large brown eyes that are delicately rimmed with thick lashes. The figure's black-brown hair is parted in the center and pulled back from her face with visible rows of herring-bone pattern painted in thick, dark pigment to suggest plaited rows.
Support: Imported European lime wood (Tilia europaea) Binder: Beeswax Pigments: Lead white, red and yellow ochres, carbon black, natrojarosite, Egyptian blue
Roman Imperial period, Middle