Female figure reminiscent of the Roman matron

Description

You stand before a statue of a Roman noblewoman called "Matrona." Over her left shoulder is a thickly pleated cloth, like so many small rays of sunlight, with large folds, ending downward in a rich fringe. His right hand holds a scroll, the symbol of the law, while the other makes a motion that indicates silence and safety. The head is finely embroidered and the hair is gathered with ribbons to form a crown. The matron was, in ancient Rome, a woman who held Roman citizenship and had contracted a Roman marriage to a free man. During the period of the Roman republic, her predominant place was in the domestic realm, with the task of taking care of the domus within the Roman family, under the protection and tutelage of the pater familias, whether father or husband. Matrons represented, in Roman society, what depicted the most important female deities, especially in their role as faithful mothers and wives. The matron was the mother (mater familias), dignified and respectable, responsible for the proper maintenance of the home and the raising of children.