The Lady of Elche is an Iberian sculpture made of limestone between the 5th and 4th centuries BC. C.. It is a bust that represents a lady, richly dressed, whose face shows very perfect features. On her head she wears a headdress made up of a tiara covered by a veil, a diadem on her forehead and, on the sides, two buns that frame the face and in which the hairstyle would be collected.
The back and shoulders are covered with a cloak that, on the front part, reveals three necklaces with amforillas and amulet holders, plate earrings and imitations on the sides of the face and a fibula that closes the tunic.
The piece was found by chance in 1897 at the La Alcudia site (Elche, Alicante) and, after the interest shown by the French Hispanist Pierre Paris, it was purchased by the Louvre Museum. In 1941, as a result of an exchange between Spain and France, it returned and was deposited in the Museo del Prado, and in 1971 it became part of the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, in Madrid.