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Full-plastic head sculpture made of white marble, facial features treated quite schematically except for the characteristic almond-shaped eyes and "Gioconda's smile." The nose is flat, the hair reaching the neck, wavy around the line of the face, at the back the hairstyle treated schematically. The shape of the neck from underneath allows us to conclude that the head was originally part of a larger composition. The sculpture is placed on a custom-made, two-stage pedestal of black marble.

The Gallo-Roman style refers to the culture and art developing in areas of Gaul under Roman rule, where Celtic arts and crafts assimilated features of Roman realism, but often while retaining elements of traditional stylization. The twilight of the Gallo-Roman style in art occurred in the third century, although it did not occur everywhere simultaneously.