Female head (fragment of a sculpture)

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 28 cm

Period

Early Imperial Period (1st century)

Material

marble analysis ; Afyon marble

Iconography

female head ; ribbon

Findspot

Smyrna

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Preyss, Adolf

Inventory

4128

Hyp-4027

References

Hekler 1929, 74–75, no. 61

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 Afyon marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.