Male Head

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This male head has long hair with a knot at the front of the hair. The hair has been drilled. The face is highly polished.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as probably from Alexandria]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Number] Label on base: 19

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Roman (Sculptor)

Period

1st century BC

Medium

fine-grained white marble
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

23.131

Measurements

H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Geography

Egypt, Alexandria (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View