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Head of a wreathed youth

Head of a wreathed Dionysos

Classification
sculpture / statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 12.5 cm
Date
100–150
Period
2nd century A.D.
Material
marble; marble analysis
Iconography
male head; ribbon; ivy wreath
Findspot
Lebanon
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
Inventory
8419
ID
Hyp-3841
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 164; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 187; Hekler 1929, 154, no. 159

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 white marble of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.

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