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My Story – Ancient Female Portraits and Their Afterlife

Showcase EXTRA #8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

My Story – Ancient Female Portraits and Their Afterlife is on view at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, until September 20, 2026.

Last verified August 15, 2026 · Official source ↗

A focused showcase presentation examining marble portrait sculptures and carved relief artifacts of women from classical antiquity and their afterlife in later art.

Venue

  1. Kunsthistorisches Museum
    Vienna, Austria · April 17 – September 20, 2026
    Closes 20 Sept

Images

A carved limestone head of a woman with centre-parted wavy hair, the features calm and frontal, the stone broken away at the neck.

Limestone funerary bust of a woman, Cypriot

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 · Source ↗

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