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

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.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.