Bald head

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statue

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 33 cm

Date

1st century B.C. (?)

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

marble analysis ; Thasian marble

Iconography

female head

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

8421

Hyp-3839

References

Hekler 1929, 154, no. 161; Kyrieleis 1975, 55–56, 173, no. E 9, pl. 44, fig. 1–2; Frel, in BullMusHong 20 (1962), 81–84; Frel, in BullMusHong 24 (1964), 102; Fittschen 1977, 68, j. 4., no. 5

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 sculpture was made of Thasian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.