Headache Caryatid

This caryatid, originally headless and missing forearms and toes, is drapped in cloth. The head, now cast in plaster, is due to intervention from the early 20th century, where the head was found to have been mounted in a restoration during the Renaissance and was not the original. The head was replaced with a cast of another head from a caryatid from the same collection. The original Renassiance head is also kept in the same collection. The caryatid was typically used in Roman times as a decorative element and architectural support, acting as a pillar for important buildings. It was potentially made in the Hadrianic period, and gifted to Antonio Grimani from the inhabitants of Ossero, arriving from the island of Cres.这件女像柱（caryatid）最初无头，且缺失前臂与脚趾，周身覆有织物。其头部现为石膏铸模所制，这源于20世纪早期的修复干预。经考证，文艺复兴时期的修复作业中曾加装过一个头部，并非该女像柱的原物。当前使用的头部被替换为同一馆藏中另一根女像柱头部的铸模。原文艺复兴时期加装的头部亦收藏于同一馆藏中。这类女像柱在古罗马时期通常被用作装饰元素与建筑支撑构件，充当重要建筑的立柱。该女像柱大概率制作于哈德良统治时期，由奥塞罗（Ossero）的居民赠予安东尼奥·格里马尼（Antonio Grimani），源自克雷斯岛（Cres）。