Jean-Claude Golvin

Statue of Livia orante

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

30 × 23.3 cm (Overall) 18.8 × 13.2 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Roma (Rome)

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Three-quarter frontal view of the bust of Livia orante. The drawing is in portrait format. It is framed in ink. Inscriptions are visible in the margins. This is a representation of the bust of Livia orante, turned three-quarters. She is wearing a palla.
The drawing was inspired by the statue discovered in the Basilica of Otricoli and now in the Vatican Museum.

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