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Head of a Maiden with "Lampadion" Hairstyle
3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
marble
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
The early Hellenistic-period writer Dicaearchus (active about 320-300 BCE), a pupil of Aristotle's, remarked that women described this hairstyle with topknot as the "lampadion", or little torch.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
[Found in Rome]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1931; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988-1989 | From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/21/1961 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/20/1970 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/12/1988 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 11/30/2000 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
11 3/4 x 5 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (29.8 x 13.2 x 14.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.140