Female head from a relief
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Female head on a post-antique bust

Female head from an Athenian funerary monument

Classification
funerary statue
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 39 cm
Date
mid-4th century B.C.
Period
Classical Period (480–323)
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, lychnites
Iconography
female head
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4733
ID
Hyp-3981
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 57; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 64

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.

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