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Marcia Furnilla was a Roman noblewoman who lived in the 1st century. Furnilla was the second and last wife of the future Roman Emperor Titus as well as the aunt of the future emperor Trajan.
Sep 21, 2018 · The Incongruous Body: Portrait of ‘Marcia Furnilla’ as Venus; Rosemary Barrow, Roehampton University, London; Prepared for publication by Michael Silk, King's College London; Book: Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture; Online publication: 21 September 2018; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139600439.009
- Rosemary Barrow
- 2018
A free-standing Roman portrait of a late Flavian period Roman lady, perhaps Marcia Furnilla, the second wife of the emperor Titus. The woman has depicted herself as Venus/Aphrodite. (the feet of an "eros," or cupid survive at the base of the statue on the left).
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The statue called Marcia Furnilla depicts a Roman matron in the guise of Venus. The figure has an elaborate hairstyle with a halo of curls framing her face. The remaining hair is divided into braids that are then twisted into a large bun at the back of her head.
I am responding here to a request for a bit more information about the statue of Marcia Furnilla. I mean the so-called "Marcia Furnilla" — MF was the second wife...
In her statue Marcia Furnilla is given the body of Venus, which acts as a kind of costume; the woman's actual body is replaced by a divine one. This explains the contrast between Furnilla 's aged face and round youthful body.
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