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Head of a Youth
(Ancient Greece )
This head of a youth wears a band around his hair, and the back of his head is flattened off. There is drilling in the hair and red in the cracks.
The piece is cut at the base of the neck as for insertion; there is a hole for mounting drilled at the bottom.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.136