Part 4 L’antiquité tardive

Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)

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Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)
Biographic data
Wife of Maximian Herculius, mother of Maxentius and Fausta.
During the 50s of the 3rd century – 330
Date de création
End of the 3rd, early years of the 4th century
Material
Saint-Béat marble (Haute-Garonne)
Dimensions
H. 31 x l. 28 x P. 25 (cm)
Inventory number
Ra 38 (2)

The hairstyle is reminiscent of that of Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine, a fashion adopted at the end of the 3rd century. Women of very high rank are also seen to wear their hair in this way on the carvings on a number of sarcophagi that date back to the first half of the 4th century. A roll of hair frames the face, and a large braid forms a « turban » which, from the back of the head, rises up in flattened strips that are then slid under the top rolls, ending in the middle of the forehead in eight locks of hair that are curled with an iron. This portrait can be linked to the three other heads presented here. It is therefore a very rare dynastic group.

According to J.-C. Balty, Les portraits romains, La Tétrarchie, 1.5 (Sculptures antiques de Chiragan (Martres-Tolosane), Toulouse, 2008, p. 95-109.

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To cite this notice

Capus P., "Portrait of Galeria Valeria Eutropia (?)", in The sculptures of the roman villa of Chiragan, Toulouse, 2019, online <https://villachiragan.saintraymond.toulouse.fr/en/ark:/87276/a_ra_38_2>.