Male head

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 19.8 cm

Period

Hadrian (117–138)

Material

marble analysis ; Parian marble, choriodaki

Iconography

male head ; Poseidon

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Hekler, Antal (1882–1940)

Inventory

56.137.A

Hyp-4448

References

Erdélyi, in AntHung 2 (1948), 66–67, no. 15, fig. 20–21

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-Choriodaki) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.