Image code: 61374

Marble statue of Eumachia. Detail

Marble statue of a woman with gold-coloured hair and dressed in a long draped cloak. This is Eumachia, a Pompeian priestess whose religion was linked to the imperial cult. The monumental complex on the city Forum was named after her. Donated by dyers and weavers, the statue is in the classical style, as shown by the veiled head

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