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Head of a youth
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Laconia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.74
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 025; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 118 (additional published references).
DescriptionThis head from a small statue of a young warrior is hollow cast, with a vent or pour hole above the forehead. The point of the cap or helmet is missing. Greenish, brown patina.
ProvenanceBy 1886: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens 1886. Said to have come from Sparta); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)