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Idealized head in profile, from sarcophagus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period, Antonine
about A.D. 160–180
Medium/Technique
Marble, probably Pentelic or possibly from Asia Minor
Dimensions
Height x width: 16 x 19 cm (6 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Benjamin and Lucy Rowland Collection
Accession Number1979.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 033.
DescriptionThe youthful head to the right is attached to a fragment from a large sarcophagus and may have personified a people or a place or may have been an abstraction such as "eternity." The hair on the crown is carved while the locks around the face are undercut with the running and pointed drill. The facial features recall Alexander the Great.
The nose and mouth are chipped as well as the ends of the locks of hair.
The nose and mouth are chipped as well as the ends of the locks of hair.
ProvenanceBy 1979: Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Collection (formerly in Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Collection, acquired in Boston, London, or Rome); gift of Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, Jr. to MFA, February 14, 1979