This is a copy of the portrait of Salonia Matidia (AD 68-119) depicted as the Muse of Tragedy. The style of the fringe, visible under the large wig, corresponds to the Hadrianic period. The Roman original of which it is a copy was found around 1735 at Hadrian’s Villa together with the herm of Comedy (E000883). The originals of both Muses were found during excavations led by Count Giuseppe Fede at Hadrian’s Villa and are now in the Musei Vaticani.