Abstract
The mask of a young woman and the forearm, both of ivory, which are republished and studied in this article are now exhibited in the third wall-case on the right of the Museo Profano of the Vatican Library. They were found in the Sabine country in 1824, as appears from a report of an excavation published in that year by P. E. Visconti.The identity of provenance and correspondence in scale and style prove that, the two fragments belong to the same statue.An undated note in the archives of the Library, written about 1830, gives the information that they were offered to the Papal Commission of Antiquities and Fine Arts by the Antiquary Capranesi, and acquired for 50 Roman scudi (about 268·50 francs, or a little less than £11).
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