Head of a Man with Full Cheeks

Description The shape of this face is a somewhat unusual with its puffy cheeks, short forehead, and triangular, pointed chin. Idealized portraits of women generally have less expressive features; therefore, it is possible that a man is represented.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/08/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

Provenance Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 18, 1970, lot 64; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, May 18, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007