This mosaic was found in the tablinum of the House VI, 15,4 in Pompeii, dates back to about 50 AD.
The portrait reproduces the real features of a Pompeian woman of high rank: the serene face is framed by bright dark hair, parted in two symmetrical bands gathered up on the nape, according to the style of the period; the lobes are adorned with pearl earrings and the neck with a string of pearls with a pendant in gold and precious stones. The features of the woman are realistic and not typified, such as the shape of the nose slightly curved and light asymmetries between the two halves of the face.
These differences, quite evident in the comparison of the two eyes only one of which with bags and wrinkles, have induced some people to suppose that the woman had been portrayed in two different periods of her life; on the contrary, they are probably referable only to the use of different tesserae.