SculptureRoman2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Head of a Man

c. 125 BCE-c. 75 CE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Marble from mainland Greece (?)

Culture

Roman

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

actual: 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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