Head of a child
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Head of a child

Classification
sculpture / statue; statuette
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 7.5 cm
Date
2nd century B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; marble
Iconography
child; human head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4736
ID
Hyp-3973
References
Hekler 1929, 53, no. 42

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

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