A Marble Portrait Head of Antonia the Younger, Roman Imperial, reign of Claudius, circa A.D. 50 daughter of Mark Anthony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, wife of Nero Drusus and mother of Germanicus and Claudius, her centrally-parted wavy hair bound in a diadem and tied back into a plait falling over the nape of the neck; the shoulders, lower part of the plait of hair, and tip of the nose restored in marble, the left ear rim in plaster; the lower part of the turned socle engraved in front with the collection monogram "G.M.R." Height of head 10 1/4 in.; height with bust 13 in.; total height with socle 16 in. .26 cm., 33 cm., 42 cm.
A Marble Portrait Head of Antonia the Younger, Roman Imperial, reign of Claudius, circa A.D. 50 daughter of Mark Anthony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, wife of Nero Drusus and mother of Germanicus and Claudius, her centrally-parted wavy hair bound in a diadem and tied back into a plait falling over the nape of the neck; the shoulders, lower part of the plait of hair, and tip of the nose restored in marble, the left ear rim in plaster; the lower part of the turned socle engraved in front with the collection monogram "G.M.R." Height of head 10 1/4 in.; height with bust 13 in.; total height with socle 16 in. .26 cm., 33 cm., 42 cm.
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