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Bust of Matidia, cast after the antique. SM A77. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Lewis Bush
Bust of Matidia, cast after the antique
Plaster cast
Inscription: MATIDIA
Inscription note: Incised into the plaster on the base.
Inscription note: Incised into the plaster on the base.
Museum number: A77
On display: Lobby to the Breakfast Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This cast is taken from an unidentified Roman portrait bust of Matidia the Younger (Vibia Matidia, Matidia Minor). A possible original is the bust which was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from the Dubroff family (L. 1995.6.2) for a period c.2007.
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