Marble head of a young woman, perhaps a muse

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3rd–2nd century BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

The young girl wears a wreath and rests her head on her right hand. The head may come from a statuette of a Muse, one of the nine female figures that personified the arts.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–2nd century BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911