Harvard Art Museums > 1932.56.117.B: Head from Lid of a Late Etruscan Urn Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head from Lid of a Late Etruscan Urn , 1932.56.117.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/141849. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1932.56.117.B Title Head from Lid of a Late Etruscan Urn Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 3rd-2nd century BCE Period Hellenistic period Culture Etruscan Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/141849 Physical Descriptions Medium Volcanic stone or alabaster Dimensions 13 cm h (5 1/8 in. h) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, Class of 1894 Accession Year 1932 Object Number 1932.56.117.B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 1990114 Lid of a Late Etruscan Urn The stone is volcanic or alabaster, a limestone-like material. The head and body are in two parts. There are traces of paint for the flesh on the head. The surfaces are dirty. The urn is a rectangular box undecorated except for a sunken rectangle on the front and on each end (H. 0.27m, W. 0.505m). The male figure, nude to the waist and with a rope-like garland around his neck, is reclining. The left arm rests on a cushion, and the right hand holds a phiale. The hair, represented by straight lines, is bound by a fillet, or rolled diadem of the type introduced to the Mediterranean world in the age of Alexander the Great. The left ear is hardly preserved, being mostly gouged away. The right ear is summarily treated, as is the face, with the head evidently carved to be seen from its own right side only. A complete urn in the Museo Civico at Chiusi has a similar lid and a body with the Gates of Hades in relief on the front (Giglioli, 1935, pl. CCCCV, fig. 4). Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 126, no. 114 Related Works 1932.56.117.A Lid of a Late Etruscan Urn Sculpture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
