Bearded head (Hermes?)
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Bearded male head

Classification
sculpture / statue
Dimensions
height: 37 cm
Period
post-antique
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
male head; ribbon
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Kohner, Adolf (1866–1937) Collection; Vágó, Rezső
Inventory
54.352
ID
Hyp-6949

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 sculpture was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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