Head of a girl
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Head of a satyr

Head of a girl (Muse)

Classification
statuette; sculpture / statue
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 4 cm
Date
3rd century B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, lychnites
Iconography
female head; Muse
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4764
ID
Hyp-3935
References
Hekler 1929, 88, no. 77

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

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