FEMALE DEITY | Possibly Goddess Cybele or Juno

• FEMALE DEITY | Possibly Goddess Cybele or Juno:
Since my penultimate visit to the Uffizi Gallery in 2021, I observed, recently, in June 2025, that the magnificent head 'Female Deity' [possibly Cybele or Juno] had been relocated to the newly renovated 'Cabinet of Ancient Marbles', its apparent position prior to the refurbishment.
Nonetheless, I preferred its former placement in the gallery by the window, where the head appeared to gaze out towards the Ponte Vecchio and the River Arno.
Greek Marble,
Roman,
1st half of the 2nd cent. AD.
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'Recorded in the Gallery from 1778, this sculpture's provenance is uncertain.
In the late 18th cent. it was restored by Innocenzo Spinazzi [1726-1798], who repaired the nose, chin, part of the lips and neck, and almost the entire crown before setting it into a bust made for it on purpose.
Traditionally identified as Cybele, the head - based on late Classical Era [4 BC] Greek originals - is likely, in view of its colossal size, to have belonged to a cult statue.'
[©Uffizi, 2021]
'Goddess Juno-?'
[©Uffizi, 2025]
Inv. 1914 n.60
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Uffizi Galleries, Florence | UG
[Floor 1. 'The Cabinet of Ancient Marbles']
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