PORTRAIT OF A GIRL. 100-50B.c. The last days of the RomanRepublicwitnesseda flourishing realistic portraiture of many phases.A group to which this piece must be added is exemplifiedby fineportraits in Oslo, in the Terme in Rome and elsewhere.They have been dated to the first half of the last century B.c. This piece comesfrom the time of Sulla or later. The elaboratehair arrangement, with the front in a "melon" dress of Greek tradition and the back in long tight curls looped up and pinned close to the back of the head, is known also from relief sculpture of that age. Coarse-grainedcrystalline white marble, not polished. Height 12% inches.The head was purchasedin 1913. THE ROMAN OF COLLECTIONS the Walters By DOROTHY KENT Curatorof AncientArt 18 art HILL gallery