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The well-formed but rather puffy features, the prominent eyes, and the deeply waved hair exemplify mid-Antonine standards of beauty and are identifying traits of this empress.
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Title: Marble portrait of the Empress Faustina the Younger, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius
Period: Antonine
Date: ca. 161–180 CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Shelby and Leon Levy, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.40
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