Portrait of an empress possibly Fausta
300–325
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Göktepe, Turkey (near Aphrodisias)
Scientific Analysis:University of South Florida Lab No. 8444: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.3 / delta18O -3.5, Istituto di Struttura della Materia - CNR Lab No. 9 (January 30, 2012): maximum grain size: 0.5mm; electron paramagnetic resonance: intensity 24.8%, line width 53.3%; Sr 795 ppm.; Attribution - Göktepe 4, Turkey (near Aphrodisias). Justification - C and O isotopes, fine grain, pure white, rather low EPR intensity, high Sr.
Probability of correct quarry assignment (Istituto di Struttura della Materia - CNR Lab No. 9; January 30, 2012):distance of sample from center of quarry probability field: 2.9; relative probability: 98%; absolute probability 58%
NOTE: Dr. Julia Lenaghan suggests the marble is Pentelic
DimensionsOverall: 27.5cm (10 13/16in.)
Mount (Bolts onto pedestal / opens at back of pedestal): 30.5 x 35.6 cm (12 x 14 in.)
Mount (Bolts onto pedestal / opens at back of pedestal): 30.5 x 35.6 cm (12 x 14 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund
Accession number62.662
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (according to entry 380 in Sculpture in Stone: from Rome); September 19, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr. for $ 1,700-
First half of the 6th century CE
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
about A.D. 150
about A.D. 100
about A.D. 98–117
About A.D. 125–145
about A.D. 140-150
about A.D. 180
A.D. 195–205
A.D. 220–240
about A.D. 238, reworked from a portrait from the early 2nd century A.D.
Late 2nd century A.D.