Marble head of an athlete

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Marble head of an athlete

Artist : Anonyme

Date : approx. between 138 and 92

Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1911)
Dynastie des Antonins

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek art at the Sixth through Fourth Century B.C.
Left - Ground Floor - Section 6

Item 21 on 23
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture (Tête)

Area related
Greece

Rome (Italy)

Description

Copy of a Greek statue of ca. 450-425 B.C.

This head of a youth wearing a fillet (band) must have belonged to the statue of a victorious athlete. He probably rested on arm on his head. The remains of a rectangular support can still been seen among his curls.

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