Agrippina Minor - II
Her name was Julia Agrippina, and was the eldest daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, Caligula's sister, Nero's mother. He contracted her third marriage with the emperor Claudius. Her identity as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger the is based primarily on the hairstyle, which consists of a central part and three parallel rows of spiral curls across the forehead and temples.
The signature of the sculptor engraved on the plinth reads:
«ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ»
Dyonysious son of Apollonious the Athenian made this.
The statue was placed in the Metroon next to that of her husband and emperor Claudius
Marble sculpture
Height 214 cm
Early 1st century Ad
From Olympia, Metroon
Olympia Archaeological Museum, Inv. No. Λ 143
Agrippina Minor - II
Her name was Julia Agrippina, and was the eldest daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, Caligula's sister, Nero's mother. He contracted her third marriage with the emperor Claudius. Her identity as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger the is based primarily on the hairstyle, which consists of a central part and three parallel rows of spiral curls across the forehead and temples.
The signature of the sculptor engraved on the plinth reads:
«ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ»
Dyonysious son of Apollonious the Athenian made this.
The statue was placed in the Metroon next to that of her husband and emperor Claudius
Marble sculpture
Height 214 cm
Early 1st century Ad
From Olympia, Metroon
Olympia Archaeological Museum, Inv. No. Λ 143