 (27 B.C. – 14 A.D.), although the portrait head was reworked in the Tiberian period (14 – 37A.D.). It is thought that the statue originally depicted a member of the Istacidi family, the owners of the villa at the time of the eruption, but that it was subsequently adapted to look like Tiberius’ mother, Livia. This statue was found in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, which is famous for its enigmatic fresco cycle depicting a ritual or initiation ceremony. |
