Marble head of a baby, Early Imperial, Augustan, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Marble, 3 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 7 × 9.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Portraits of small children are not uncommon in Greek and Roman art. Here, however, the subject is not a small child, but, rather, an infant. The full cheeks and the still scarcely articulated chin and jowl indicate that the baby can be only a few months old
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Marble head, baby, Early Imperial, Augustan, 1st century B.C.–1st .D, Roman, Marble, 3 7/8, 2 3/4, 9.8, 7, 9.5 cm, Stone Sculpture, Portraits, small children, uncommon, Greek, Roman art, subject, child, infant, full cheeks, scarcely articulated chin, jowl indicate, months old
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