A Marble Head of a Woman, circa 1st century A.D., or earlier

in archaistic style, her face with prominent chin, mouth, and eyes, her hair arranged in radiating ribs around the forehead and temples, and surmounted by a diadem.

Harry Järv (1921-2009), Stockholm, Keeper of Manuscripts, then Deputy Director of the Royal Library of Sweden (1958-1987), acquired by him in Rome in 1962

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