Marble Head of an Athlete in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007

Greek Antiquities
Sculpture: Head. Copy of a Greek statue of ca. 450-425 B.C.

Antonine Period (Roman Copy)

Material : Marble

Date : approx. between 138 and 92

Place : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek art from the Sixth through Fourth Century B.C.

Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1911)

Description:
This head of a youth wearing a fillet (band) must have belonged to the statue of a victorious athlete. He probably rested an arm on his head. The remains of a rectangular support can still been seen among his curls.

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