Marble head of a girl from a small statue

Unknown

3rd century BCE · Marble, Island · Greek and Roman Art

Said to be from Greece The oval face with delicately indicated features and gentle transition to the soft hair is executed in a style popular in the Hellenistic period. The head was made for insertion in a small statue. Some attribute or possibly the fixture for a veil must have been set into the square-shaped depression at the top.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd century BCE

Medium

Marble, Island

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1915