Head of a Maiden

Greek (Artist)

Style of Praxiteles (Greek, active ca. 375-340 BCE) (Sculptor)

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

marble
(Ancient Greece )

The elongated eyes, bow-shaped mouth, and pronounced fleshy folds across the neck (known as "Venus rings") identify the head as a Hellenistic refinement of a style introduced by the 4th-century BCE sculptor Praxiteles.

Provenance

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, 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.
1963	Our Ancient Heritage: An Exhibit of Art and Artifacts from Egypt Mesopotamia Greece Roman Empire. Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/25/1988	Treatment	examined for exhibition; cleaned
1/22/1992	Treatment	cleaned; coated
12/21/2000	Treatment	other
6/25/2001	Treatment	other

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Geographies

Greece (Place of Origin)

Measurements

2 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (5.8 x 3.9 x 5.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

23.155

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