Idealized Head of an Egyptian Official

Description Once part of a temple statue, this head has the idealized facial features common to private sculptures since the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. These features include rimmed eyes with thick lines in raised relief, full cheeks, and deep drilling at the corners of the mouth.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/16/1998	Examination	survey
6/01/2000	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters