Statue
MS3476
From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3476 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 125 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Youth |
Description | Small head of a youth. Off white marble. Missing much of left side of face including part of left eye; also much of left side of back part of head. Frontal pose. Very curly hair bound with a plain fillet leaving a large fringe around the forehead and sides; covers ear on right side. Called woman in earlier ledger and catalogue card but clearly this is not so. |
Height | 13.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897 |
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