Marble head of a girl from a small statue
Said to be from Greece
The oval face with delicately indicated features and gentle transition to the soft hair is executed in a style popular in the Hellenistic period. The head was made for insertion in a small statue. Some attribute or possibly the fixture for a veil must have been set into the square-shaped depression at the top.
The oval face with delicately indicated features and gentle transition to the soft hair is executed in a style popular in the Hellenistic period. The head was made for insertion in a small statue. Some attribute or possibly the fixture for a veil must have been set into the square-shaped depression at the top.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble head of a girl from a small statue
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: 3rd century BCE
- Culture: Greek
- Medium: Marble, Island
- Dimensions: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
- Object Number: 15.146
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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