Head of an Italian Woman
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
unframed: 44.5 × 36 cm · framed: 60 × 51 × 6 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Accession Number
1980.264
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Gérôme spent the years 1843 and 1844 in Rome, where this work was painted. The woman's severe expression and drapery recall ancient Roman statuary as well as the 19th-century belief that the essence of the antique could still be found amid the ruins and people of contemporary Rome.