The lady wears her hair in the ‘wasp’s nest’ style that was made fashionable by Julia Flavia, daughter of the Emperor Titus.
The style consists of a complex rigging of curls which held the hair in a form of raised crown. The remaining hair, separated by a parting, is arranged into small but long plaits which are bound together in a bun, leaving the neck and ears exposed.
The eyes are painted using white paste with a black porphyry disc in the centre to imitate the cornea and make her gaze more real.