Head of a servant (from an Attic funerary monument)

Classification

funerary statue

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 20.5 cm

Date

330–317 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323); Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

marble analysis ; Parian marble, lychnites

Iconography

servant, slave ; female head

Production place

Athens

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

8413

Hyp-3845

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 57; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 64; Hekler 1929, 153, no. 152; Clairmont 1993, vol. III, 237, j. 1 (no. 3.372); Oroszlán, in BullMusHong 1 (1947)

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 Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.