Staia Quinta bust (rear view)

Rear view of a marble bust of a woman. The right side of the head is shown. A series of of curls, beginning about 2/3 of the way across the crown of the head, cascades diagonally from the temple along the skull toward the nape of the neck. The bottom few inches of her hair, beginning approximately where the base of the neck joins the shoulders, transitions from curls to a braid.

Portrait of Staia Quinta (ca. AD 70), from the back. Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 1435. Photo: Rebecca Bugge.

Associated Passages
Ovid, Amores 1.14