EMPRESS FAUSTINA THE YOUNGER

Provenance:Faustina and the Vestal virgin were bought as a pair by Matthew Brettingham for Thomas Coke and were sent to Holkham in the early summer of 1754.

From the Holkham copy of the18^th Century replica of the bust in the Villa Adriana held in the Museo Capitolino. Faustina was also a beauty but her profligacy was blatant and infamous.  She had many affairs and ancient literature records her numerous offspring.

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