ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Head of a Female Figure
AAT Object Form/FunctionBusts (sculpture)
CultureGreek
PeriodHellenistic
Date3rd Century BCE
MediumMarble (Paros 4)
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (17.5 x 12 cm)
Object number1984.003
Label TextThis fragmented female head preserves only the face (from the eyes down) and the neck. The back and top of the head are missing. The head is inclined slightly left. The eyes are prominently outlined with rounded lids and the lips slightly parted. Likely carved for insertion into a separately-made body. An iron rod inserted into the neck has caused marked iron-oxide discoloration to back of head.Exhibition HistoryAn Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - July 31, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 15, 2014 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Melba Davis Whatley, Texas. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Merrin Gallery, New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
2nd Century BCE
1st Century BCE
mid 2nd Century BCE
ca. 14 - 37 CE
late 1st-2nd Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
late 1st-early 2nd Century CE
1st Century CE
1st Century CE
ca. 1958-1878 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE