Head of a woman

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statue

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 31.3 cm

Date

120–130

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Material

marble ; marble analysis

Iconography

female head ; ribbon

Findspot

Alexandria

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Beöthy, Zsolt (1848–1922)

Inventory

5885

Hyp-689

References

Hekler 1929, 53, no. 39; Nagy, Á. M., in BullMusHong 86 (1997), 25–27, 117, fig. 3–5; Varga, J., in BullMusHong 86 (1997), 33–34, 122

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

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.