Veiled female head from an Athenian grave monument

Classification
funerary statue
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 23 cm
Period
Classical Period (480–323)
Material
marble analysis; Pentelic marble
Iconography
female head; himation
Production place
Athens
Findspot
Cyprus?
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4734
ID
Hyp-1578
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 57; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 64; Hekler 1929, 33, no. 23

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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