Portrait of young Faustina Minor
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
147-148 AD
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 60
Inventory:
inv. MC0449
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Portraits of the emperors and empresses and other important personages of the Imperial Age are lined up on the marble shelves along the wall, though in some cases their attribution is in doubt.
The collection testifies the development of Roman portrait painting from the Imperial Age to the Late Ancient period.
