Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Woman
Unknown Artist
280–90 CE
Medium
marble
Dimensions
33.4 × 18.5 × 10.7 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1965.243
About this artwork
These three pairs of marble portrait busts depict an aristocratic Roman couple. They are unique in representing the same couple three times with only minor variations in costume. Allegedly found together with the Jonah Marbles, they may represent the Christian patrons who commissioned the Jonah cycle.