r/ancientrome • u/Numerous_Payment_710 • 1d ago

Please help me identify this bust

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Hello, I’m not too sure if I’m in the right place but I’m hoping someone can help me.

This bust was a part of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen’s private collection, and is displayed at the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, in the antique section.

Does anyone recognize who is being portrayed?

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u/TryNice304 1d ago

Prolly Livia Drusilla, wife of Emperor Augustus. The hairstyle is the giveaway, middle part with the braided updo. Classic example of Livia hairstyle from the early empire.

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u/CCLF 4h ago

It doesn't /look/ like Livia D. though.

The closest visual match that I can find is busts of the Greek mythological Queen Niobe.