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

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.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.