Female head

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statuette

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 10 cm

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

marble analysis ; Pentelic marble

Iconography

female head

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4738

Hyp-6983

References

Hekler 1929, 53, no. 40; Oroszlán 1930, 110, no. 32

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 Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.