Youth head from Baalbeck
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YOUTH (APOLLON?) KNOTTING A RIBBON AROUND HIS HEAD, AFTER THE DIADOUMENOS

Youth head

Classification
sculpture / statue; portrait
Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
height: 19.5 cm
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, choriodaki
Iconography
youth
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Beöthy, Zsolt (1848–1922)
Inventory
5886
ID
Hyp-3861
References
Hekler 1929, 69, no. 58

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 scuplture was made of Parian (Paros-Choriodaki) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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