SculptureHellenistic2nd century BCE

Grotesque Head of an "Orator"

323-150 BCE

Description

Pudgy, wrinkled face of a man with a large, bulbous nose. Good hand-modeling, with no trace of slip or color. Broken vertically in half behind ears and repaired. Hard, reddish-brown clay with very little mica.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Handmade

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Hellenistic

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.33 cm (1 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1935.

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