Inv. Scu 568

The sculpture depicts a young woman with the head looking straight forward; the herm-bust, clad with a drape, is modern.

The hair, arranged in wavy locks, is carried back in a small sack supporting the hair-knot and held in place by narrow bands, passing across the forehead and three times over the crown of the head (sphendone).

The delicate modelling of the face, characterized by wide, slanting eyes, is recognizable in spite of the extensive damages.

Traditionally interpreted as a Cleopatra, the sculpture more likely represents a juvenile deity (perhaps Aphrodite).

The head, deriving from an original, presumably Attic, dating to the late V century BC, can be dated to the early Imperial period.
Formerly in the collection of cardinal Alessandro Albani, the sculpture was acquired for the Capitoline Museum in 1733; for a long period it was displayed in the Sala dei Filosofi, in 1926 was moved to the actual location.