大理石女神头像 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大理石女神头像
品名（英）	Marble head of a goddess
入馆年号	2012年，2012.477.1
策展部门	希腊和罗马艺术（Greek and Roman Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 199 - 公元前 1
创作地区
分类	石雕（Stone Sculpture）
尺寸	高 18 11/16 英寸 (47.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	理想化的特征和王冠将这幅引人注目的肖像视为女神的形象，可能是阿佛洛狄特或阿尔忒弥斯。方解石雪花石膏的淡半透明黄色色调，由于几个世纪的埋葬而褪色，最初会与她用粉笔制成的纯白眼睛形成对比，后者曾经是虹膜和瞳孔的镶嵌物。金色或其他对比材料的耳环会挂在她穿孔的耳朵上。其他细节，比如她的王冠的装饰，肯定是用油漆渲染的。女神的头发从前额中央分开，沿着头部两侧向后梳成两卷，并在颈背编成辫子，头发的末端紧贴着她的皮肤，刚好在衣服的上边缘上方。她的头戏剧性地转动，王冠上方未完成的顶部，以及艺术家对背部关注较少的事实表明，这尊雕像是一幅动态的、全人像的肖像，意在从下方观看。最初，它可能被安置在一个壁龛的基座上。
介绍（英）	The idealized features and crown identify this striking portrait as the image of a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite or Artemis. The pale translucent yellow hue of the calcite alabaster, now discolored from centuries of burial in the earth, would originally have contrasted with the pure white of her eyes, made of chalk, which once featured inlays for the irises and pupils. Earrings of gold or another contrasting material would have hung from her pierced ears. Other details, such as the decoration of her crown, were surely rendered with paint. The goddess's hair, parted at the center of the forehead, is pulled back in two rolls along the sides of the head and braided at the nape of her neck, where the ends rest against her skin just above the upper edge of her garment. The dramatic turn of her head, the unfinished top above the crown and the fact that the artist paid less attention to the back indicate that the statue was a dynamic, full- figure portrait meant to be viewed from below. Originally it may have been set on a pedestal in a niche.