ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Head of Nike
AAT Object Form/Functionheads (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functionsculpture (visual works)
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st Century CE
MediumMarble (Paros 1)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Stark Ward
Dimensions6 x 14 x 6 in. (15.2 x 35.6 x 15.2 cm)
Object number2005.083.001
Label TextThe oval face, frontal gaze and distinctive hairstyle of this female head – with curly locks centrally-parted and bound in a double fillet – identify her as the goddess of victory, Nike. The head is similar to other Roman works, all of which probably replicate the Nike that was carried in the right hand of one of the most famous statues in antiquity, the gold and ivory cult statue of Athena made by the sculptor, Pheidias, for the Parthenon in Athens (447-432 BC). The back of the head and hair would have been completed in a different material, perhaps stucco.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, December 2004 - February 2005.
ProvenanceWith Michael Ward [Ward & Company, Works of Art, LLC], New York, New York, purchased July 1999.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
2nd Century BCE
late 1st-2nd Century CE
ca. 14 - 37 CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
mid 2nd Century BCE
second half of the 1st Century BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
4th Century BCE
late 1st-early 2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE
3rd Century BCE
