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 view

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