Head of a Maiden with "Lampadion" Hairstyle

Greek (Artist)

3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)

marble
(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

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[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

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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

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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23.140

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