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| Keywords: Roman - Portrait of Livia - Walters 23211.jpg This portrait of Livia was created not long after her marriage to Emperor Augustus As the first empress of Rome Livia wanted her public image to embody all the virtues that the Romans valued in a woman including pudicita modesty and pietas respect She also set a new fashion with her innovative nodus hairstyle in which a section of hair is arranged in a roll over the forehead while the rest of the hair is swept back in loose waves and secured in a bun at the nape of the neck 37-31 BC late Republican Pentelic marble cm 47 24 31 accession number 23 211 16696 Joseph Brummer Sale New York June 9 1949 no 472 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 I Claudia Women in Ancient Rome Yale University Art Gallery New Haven; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh 1996-1997 place of origin Roman Empire Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
