Ancient Female Busts

A collection of ancient busts depicting female figures from classical art, showcasing varied styles and detailing, reflecting historical sculptural techniques.

Greek Art. Albania, Bust of Demeter, Greek goddess of agriculture. III-I centuries BC Ruins of Butrint Museum.

Greek Art. Albania, Bust of Demeter, Greek goddess of agriculture. III-I centuries BC Ruins of Butrint Museum.

Agripina Menor, procedente de la Plaça Sant Miquel de Barcelona. Museu Historia de Barcelona (MUHBA).

Female deity. Head. Roman copy. Hadrianic period (AD 117-138). National Roman Museum. Palace Massimo. Rome. Italy.

Marble sculpture of a female face (possibly Hera)

Head from a colossal statue of a woman wearing a sakko (cap) Parian marble found to the north west of the Mausoleum, about 350 BC The head comes from a statue of similar size to the colossal female figure displayed in this room (the-so-called Artemisia, Sculpture (100). This portrait may represent one of the female members of the Hekatomnid dynasty. The series of Dynastic portraits probably stood between the Ionic columns of the peristyle.

Votive Head of a Youthful Woman. Unknown

Bust of the God Bacchus, replica of a Greek portrait of Dionysus. 2nd century. Marble. Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Votive female main; III/II century BC (-210-00-00--190-00-00);

Marble portrait of a young girl. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm). Date: A.D. 81-96.The often-changing hairstyles of ladies at the imperial court are well documented, making possible the approximate dating of many portraits of unknown but fashionable women. This girl's coiffure with a rounded halo of curls and tight braids tied at the nape of the neck is very similar to that of Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor Domitian, as she appears on coin portraits that are dated to the early eighties A.D. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

CABEZA DE AGRIPINA LA MAYOR- PROC MEDINA SIDONIA (MUJER DE JULIO CESAR GERMANICO,MADRE DE CALIGULA). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Marble portrait bust of Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC. Possibly from Alexandria 2nd - lst Century BC

Head of a Woman. Unknown

Female divinity. 2nd century AD. Head of goddess with diadem, recovered in the upper baths of the villa. Tarragona, Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Spain.

Photograph of a Classical Roman bust depicting the God Apollo. Dated 2nd Century

OCTAVIO AUGUSTO (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) (Roma,61 a. C. -Nola,14 d. C.). Primer emperador romano. CABEZA DEL EMPERADOR. Retrato póstumo idealizado (s. I d. C.). Museo del Louvre. París. Francia.

Bust of Alexander III of Macedon (365-323 B.C.) King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

Livia Drusilla (58 BCñ AD 29), also known as Julia Augusta, was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus throughout his reign. Roman bust AD 40-80

Head of a Young Woman from a Grave Naiskos; Unknown; Athens, Greece (Attica); about 320 B.C.; Marble; Object: H: 34.3 x W: 15.6 x D: 22.2 cm (H: 13 1/2 x W: 6 1/8 x D: 8 3/4 in.)

Female head in polychrome terracotta, by Unknown artist, 4th Century, . Italy: Puglia: Taranto: Taranto: National Archaeological Museum. Whole artwork. Head female stone figure hair tied back reclining left Hellenistic features statues school Praxiteles pathos balance harmony proportion

Roman statue of Minerva, Roman version of Greek original, 5th cent. BC.

Female head, modeled from the Aphrodite of Cnidus. The Kaufman Head. C. 150 BC. From Turkey. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Magna Graecia. Greeks. Acrolith. Head. 480 BC. Luduvisi Collection. Altemps Palace. National Museum of Rome. Italy.

Marble Head of Unknown Athlete 93 A.D. Copy of Greek bronze statue 450 B.C.

Trajan (53-117 AD). Roman emperor (98-117). Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Bust, 2nd century. The National Museum Machado de Castro. Coimbra, Portugal.

'Relief: Medallion with a Roman Emperor's Head'. Italy, Early 18th century. Dimensions: 26,0x19,0 cm (oval). Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Marble portrait head of Antinous ca. A.D. 130-138, Roman portrait head from a monumental statue of Antinous was the young lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He was drowned in the River Nile during an imperial visit to Egypt in A.D. 130.

Bust of Constantin the Great. 4th century bronze. Constantine the Great.

Head of Athena wearing an Attic helmet. Archaizing work from the 1st century A.D. Marbre and bronze. From Capri. Barraco Museum. Rome. Italy.

Marble bust of Faustina Younger wife to Marcus Aurelius, from Lamunia, 125-176 a.d.

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Madedon, Argead dynasty. Marble bust, c. 2nd-1st century BC. From Alexandria, Egypt. British Museum. London. UK.

Young Hercules. 2nd century AD from a Greek original of the late 4th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Agrippina the Elder (14 BC-33 AD). Roman woman and member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Bust. Marble. 1st century AC. From Athens. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Roman civilization - 1st century A.D. - Head of Agrippina the Elder (14 b.C. - 33 A.D.), daughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula

Cnidus Aphrodite. Marble sculpture. Roman copy of the 4th century BC. Greek original by Praxiteles. From Rome. 2nd century AD. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Portrait Bust of a Woman 140 CE-150 CE Rome. Carved by a sculptor of exceptional talent, this exquisite portrait bust depicts an elegant Roman woman of wealth and distinction. The subject bears a solemn expression as she looks to her left, which affords a tantalizing glimpse of her intricate hairstyle. The wavy locks that frame her face are combed to the back, where they are woven into numerous braids, nearly all of which are wound into a heavy, multitiered bun worn at the upper part of the back of the head. This coiffure emulates a type worn by Faustina the Elder (d. AD 141), wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius (r. AD 138ñ61), suggesting that she lived during this period. A gem-encrusted diadem encircles the subjectís head, alluding to her elevated social standing. Her garments are similarly luxurious, including her crisply pleated, gap-sleeved tunic, which is so thinly carved that light passes through parts of the marble. Out of modesty she also wears an overgarment, its deep folds indica

Hadrian (76-138). Roman emperor from 117-138. Bust. From Milrreo Estoi, Faro, Portugal. Infante Dom Henrique Archaeological Museum. Faro. Portugal.

Emperor Claudius. 41-54 AD ITALY.

Dionysus (Roman Bacchus). God of the grape harvest and wine. Roman copy (2nd century) after a Greek original bust (2nd century BC). British Museum. London, England.

Portrait of Alexander the Great; Unknown; about 320 B.C.; Parian marble; Object: H: 29.1 x W: 25.9 x D: 27.5 cm (11 7/16 x 10 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Davida Johnson Clark 1886 Augustus Saint-Gaudens American This graceful underlifesize portrait of Davida Johnson Clark (1861-1910) was a gift from Saint-Gaudens to his longtime model and lover and the mother of his second son, Louis (b. 1889). The private token of affection also served as an early study for the head of Diana for the tower of Madison Square Garden, the most public of Saint-Gaudenss outdoor sculptures. An over-lifesize cast of Diana is on view in the Charles Engelhard Court of the American Wing (acc. no. 28.101).. Davida Johnson Clark 17571

Greece: Marble bust of Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BCE) at the Maritime Museum of Crete, Chania, Crete. The original artist is believed to be Leochares (active 4th century BCE). Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of Macedon, a state in the north eastern region of Greece, and by the age of thirty was the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalaya. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time.

Greece: Marble bust of Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BCE) at the Maritime Museum of Crete, Chania, Crete. The original artist is believed to be Leochares (active 4th century BCE). Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of Macedon, a state in the north eastern region of Greece, and by the age of thirty was the creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalaya. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time.

Greek female bust, circa 3-5th Century BC

'Male Head (fragment of a statuette)'. Kition or Golgos, Idalion. Cyprus, 3rd century BC. Dimensions: h. 14,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Portrait Head of Tiberius. Unknown

Small Head of Athena (Worked for Insertion into a Statuette). Unknown

Head from a Statue of a Woman. Unknown

Limestone head of Apollo 3rd-1st century B.C. Cypriot The face is surrounded by thick curls. The laurel wreath, consisting of groups of three or four leaves, is in high relief and open at the center.. Limestone head of Apollo 242372

Alexander III the Great (-356-323). King of Macedonia (-336 to -323). Son of Philip II and Princess epirota Olympia. Bronze bust in gold leaf. 2nd century. It comes from Kircheriano Museum. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.

Portrait Bust of a Woman, possibly Octavia Minor. Unknown

'Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg'. Germany, First half of the 19th century. Dimensions: height: 61 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Marble portrait head of a woman early 3rd century A.D. Roman The portrait is one of great character, reflecting the personality and physical appearance of the subject. It also illustrates the continuing practice of private individuals of following the fashions set by the imperial court; under the Severan dynasty (A.D. 193-235) hairstyles for both men and women were very restrained in comparison with earlier styles. In addition, the carving at the back of the head indicates that a separate piece of marble was used for part of the coiffure, either a circular bun or a broad ponytail.. Marble portrait head of a woman 259248

DIOSA TANIT - ESTILO GRIEGO - SIGLO IV AC - PROCEDE DE LA NECROPOLIS DE PUIG DES MOLINS. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO / MUSEO DE PUIG DES MOLINS. IBIZA. SPAIN. TANIT DIOSA PUNICA.

Head of a Ptolemaic King (). Unknown

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Alexander Schwarzenberg. Roman copy after an greek original by Lissipos, 330 BC. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany.

Agripina Menor, procedente de la Plaça Sant Miquel de Barcelona. Museu Historia de Barcelona (MUHBA).

Plaster bust titled 'Tete Nymph' by Alfred Janniot (1889-1969) French sculptor. Dated 1927

Portrait Head of a Youth, AD 1-100. Egypt, Alexandria, Roman, 1st Century AD. Marble; overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.). Several unusual features of this head suggest that its carving was never finished in antiquity. These include unfinished hair around the ears, small bumps remaining in the hair near the front and top of the head, and the lack of a finely polished surface. Although said to have been found in Egypt, the head is carved of dolomitic marble thought to come from the Saliari region of the northern Greek island of Thasos.

Limestone head of a beardless male votary 1st century B.C. Cypriot The head is turned slightly to its left. The facial expression is severe. His age is indicated by two deep furrows that start at the sides of the nose and surround the mouth.. Limestone head of a beardless male votary 242353

Bust of a Roman woman. About 160-170 AD. Member of the imperial family. British Museum. London. UK.

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves end of 6th or early 5th century B.C. Cypriot Male head with wreath of leaves.. Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves 242385

BUSTO FEMENINO DE TERRACOTA REPRESENTANDO A LA DIOSA TANIT (ESTILO HELENISTICO). DEPOSITO: MUSEO DE PUIG DES MOLINS.

Female head, terracotta sculpture from Medma near Rosarno, Calabria, Italy. Ancient Greek civilization, Magna Graecia, 6th Century BC.

female head with headdress female head with headdress, urban area of Huelva, V-III BC, anthropomorphic terracotta figure, post colonial era, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21720833

Fidel Aguilar / Busto, siglo XX. Museu de Historia de Girona (Museo de Historia de Gerona).

Roman Art. Head of an Amazon. Marble. Copy from an original of the 5th century B.C. It comes from Rome. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.

Head of Sappho, 16th or 17th century copy of Greek original, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, National Museum of Rome, Italy

Head from a Statue of a Woman; Cyprus; late 4th century B.C; Limestone; 36.2 × 19.1 × 21 cm (14 1,4 × 7 1,2 × 8 1,4 in.)

Marble head of a woman ca. 2nd century B.C. Greek, from Egypt This head preserves the elaborate diadem and intricate hairstyle suggest that the head may represent a goddess or female personification.. Marble head of a woman 330010

Bronze head of Emperor Hadrian (76-138 a.d.)

Bust of Tiberius, by Unknown artist, 1st Century, marble, full relief. Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Whole artwork. Man's bust male portrait face man Emperor Tiberius

Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I ca. A.D. 325-370 Roman Constantine the Great was the first Christian emperor of Rome, and his reign had a profound effect on the subsequent development of the Roman, later Byzantine, world. By 325 he had succeeded in reunifying the empire, having defeated the last of his former tetrarchic colleagues, the eastern emperor Licinius. He thereafter aimed to establish a new dynasty and to found a new capital, named Constantinople after himself. Christianity played an important role not only in Constantines personal life and success, but also in the program of reform and renewal that he had planned for the Roman Empire.Although the court and administration no longer resided at Rome, Constantine was careful not to neglect the old imperial city and adorned it with many new secular and Christian buildings. The most famous of these is the triumphal arch, the Arch of Constantine, which still stands near the Colosseum. Similarly, the fragments of a

Statue of Bacchus. Detail. Roman. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Aldaya (Valencia province, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Terracottas from Porta Latina, Rome. These eight terracotta figures were found near the Porta Latina, Rome in 1767.

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.

Trajan (53-177 A.D.). Roman Emperor from 80 to 117 A.D. Sculture. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Head of a Youth. Egypt, Alexandria, 1st - 2nd century CE. Sculpture. Terracotta

Antinous (111 Ð 130). Was a Bithynian youth and a favourite of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He was deified after his death, although his exact status in the Roman pantheon was uncertain. Bust about 130 AD. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.

Abruzzo Chieti Chieti Museo Nazionale di Antichita6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of part of the former Villa Frigeri, which along with a neighboring palazzo, houses the Museo Nazionale di Antichita. Views also of the gardens, fountain (17th century) and the restored interior. The so-called "Capestrano Warrior" (5th century B.C.) is found in the Antiquities core collection under Men, Youths, Warriors--Stone--Etruscan, Italic. Hutzel views include statues, funerary monuments, portrait busts and mosaics, many of which were excavated from Alba Fucens. Hutzel paid particular attention to the colossal statue of Hercules (late Hellenistic); the funerary temple reliefs of Lucius Storax; various nudes, torsos and heads, including the portrait bust of Agrippina Minore and the sepulchral portrait relief of Lucius Poditius (1st century A.D.); gravestones with inscriptions and bas-reliefs; Roman coins; bronze figurines (mainly warriors); and bronze vessels, utensils, helmets and ornaments.

Marble portrait bust of Valentinian II or his half-brother Gratian: c. 375. Byzantine

TIBERIO (42 AC-37 DC) EMPERADOR DE ROMA (14-37 DC) - ESCULTURA ROMANA - SIGLO I. Location: MUSEO DE LAS TERMAS. Rome. ITALIA.

Bust of greek mythology sun god Helios. Broken marble statue of male figure at the ancient agora of Athens, Greece.

BACO. Dios romano equivalente al Dionisio griego. Según la mitología romana es hijo de Júpiter y de la ninfa Sémele o la diosa Proserpina. Busto obra de Pascual Cortés, realizado en mármol. Museo de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Madrid. España.

Bust of Queen Wilhelmina (1880-1962), Bart van Hove, 1898 marble (rock) marble (rock)

Head with Knidian Coiffeur. Unknown

Portrait of woman

Bronze head of Emperor Hadrian. Romano-British ENGLAND.

Napoli - Museo Nazionale. Testa d'ignota. (Pompei.) , Antiquities, Sculpture. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Roman period. Female portrait. Vatican Museums. Chiaramonti.

Anonymous / 'Portrait Bust of a Man'. XVII century. Marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Head From a Statue of the Crouching Aphrodite Type. Unknown

Antinous (111-130). Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite of emperor Hadrian. From Eleusis, Greece. Archaeological Museum. Eleusis, Greece.

Marble statue group of Mithras slaying a bull. Roman 2nd century AD. Said to have been found in the emperor Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy. The cult of Mithras was on of many mystery religions adopted by the Romans as they conquered the diverse peoples of their great empire. The god wears Persian clothing, reflecting his eastern origins.

Menander (341-290 BC). Greek dramatist. Athenian New Comedy. Bust. Roman copy. Marble. Vatican Museums. Chiaramonti.

Archaïc head of Apollo, A. M. Athens , Sculpture, Antiquities. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Hera. Wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage. Head. White marble. 1st-2nd century. Archaelogical Museum. Turin. Italy.

Anonymous (After: Algardi, Alessandro) / 'Bust of Apollo'. Late XVII century. White marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Head of Hygieia. Unknown

Bronze portrait bust of a Roman matron. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Date: ca. A.D. 20-50.This bust of a private individual has often been taken to represent one of the emperor Augustus's descendants, notably his granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, whose hairstyle is closely imitated here. It provides a good illustration of the way in which official images of the emperor and his family influenced Roman private portraits. The bust may have been a dedication, possibly set up in a shrine within the family house. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lazio Frosinone Veroli S. Andrea Apostolo, Cathedral38. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of metalwork objects housed in Treasury of S. Andrea Apostolo, including busts, reliquaries, crosses, polittico, boxes. Antiquities: relief sculpture; busts General Notes: Museum, which contains Treasury, is located in the last chapel of the right nave. Thirteen views of (non-metalwork) sculpture from Museum have been assigned numbers at end of Treasury sequence, but there are no negatives corresponding to these prints, nor is there authoritative evidence that these objects are housed in the Cathedral Museum. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque

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