10 ROMAN MARBLE LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT HEAD OF JULIA TITI, daughter of the Emperor Titus, and mistress of the Emperor Domitian, depicted with the high-arching haloed coiffure characteristic of the period. Later 1st Century AD. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) Ex European private collection, 1980s; private collection, Westlake Village, California, acquired at Christie’s, New York, June 2007. The mass of curls deeply drilled, portrayed with realistic features, the large convex almond-shaped eyes unarticulated, with thick upper lids under modeled arching brows, broad cheekbones, a protruding dimpled chin, and a small mouth with bow-shaped lips. For another portrait of Julia Titi see D. Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, p. 179, no. 147.
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