The Juno Ludovisi sculpture is an imposing Roman marble head located in the Palazzo Altemps in Italy, with a famous copy of it being located in Bryn Mawr. After reading Wood's essay on the topic, I believe that the Juno head represents a human woman who, over the years, became idealized. Wood mentions that some believed she represented a major goddess due to her perfect features and large size; if the head was still attached to the body, the sculpture would loom far above the eye level of the viewer. However, evidence such as her hairstyle and the infula she wears identifies her as human. But if Juno represents a human, then who? Wood presents the reader with two possible options. Antonia Minor, the daughter of Marc Antony and the niece of Rome's first emperor, Augustus. Her face was present throughout the empire as the mother of Claudius. She was the "Priestess of the Deified Augustus", making her a human who would have been idealized in the empire. Nevertheless, the sculpture does not necessarily align with other limited portraits of her, including her hairstyle and hair ribbon.
The conclusion that Wood comes to, and the one that best matches my opinion, is Livia, wife of Augustus. Livia was popular in the empire, using her influence to aid members of the republic with their daughters' dowries and funds to raise their children. She would have been someone with a prominent presence. Furthermore, the sculpture not necessarily matching the plentiful number of other portraits of her makes sense, as over time her portraits became disconnected from her likeness. Artists began deifying her; they made her appearance more perfect, matching the symmetrical features of the Juno Ludovisi. Although Juno may exude a goddess-like appearance in her face and size, evidence points towards her being a human woman that overtime became deified and perfected.