Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust)


Is this delicate female portrait what we think? Take part in a discussion of a masterpiece we know little about.

Part 1:

Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust), from Rome, early 2nd century C.E., marble, 63 cm (Capitoline Museums), Part 1 of 2Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris


Part 2:

Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca bust), early 2nd century C.E., marble, 63 inches high (Capitoline Museum, Rome), part 2 of 2
Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe and Dr. Beth Harris


Additional resources:

Elizabeth Marlowe, Shaky Ground: Context, Connoisseurship and the History of Roman Art (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)


 

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Cite this page as: Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust)," in Smarthistory, April 3, 2016, accessed September 30, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/portrait-bust-of-a-flavian-woman-fonseca-bust/.