Inv. Scu 220
The head is a modern copy of a portrait of Faustina the Elder
The statuary model is twofold, traceable for the general structure and especially the arms, completely wrapped by the himation, to the well-known type of the “Large Herculaneum Woman”, named after the finding place of the first famous examples of the statue. On the other hand, the placement of the drapery with the diagonal cloak on the legs recalls Rhodian-style prototypes created during the Hellenism.
These models were widely used during the Roman period, starting from the late Republic and in the early and middle Imperial period , to represent princesses or private citizens, whose portrait was frequently sculpted separately and then inserted in the bust.
The Capitoline statue, for the flat and conventional rendering of the drapery, appears to be a simple work from the 2nd century AD.
The statue was previously in the Vatican Gardens.