Bust of a Woman as a Roman Matron
Artist
Chauncey Bradley Ives
(American, 1810 - 1894)
Date1878
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 24 × 19 × 10 inches (60.96 × 48.26 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineSource Unknown
Object number2008.30.1,2
Signedinscribed on the proper left side of the square block on the bottom of the piece: "C B Ives Fecit Romae 1878"
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DescriptionBust of a Woman as a Roman Matron is a white marble, Neoclassical sculpture of a woman looking to her right (viewer's left). The woman is dressed in a loosely draped Roman-style robe and her hair is pulled back into a low bun. The portrait bust rests on small, white pedestal.
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