Harvard Art Museums > 1992.310: Head of a Goat 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 of a Goat , 1992.310,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288377. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1992.310 Title Head of a Goat Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 100 BCE - 70 CE Period Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288377 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Sotheby, York Ave. Galleries, Sale #6320, June 25, 1992 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund Accession Year 1992 Object Number 1992.310 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 Description Late Hellenistic or Julio-Claudian Roman. Head of goat missing tip of head, tip of left ear, right ear and base of neck; scar at right side of lower jaw for projecting puntello which originally connected the head with some kind of background (noticed by S. Ebbinghaus, 2/2/09). Fine-grained white marble. Extremely senstive modeling of muscle and bone structure under skin on left side. The pupil of eye projects from under raised and rounded muscular process. The right eye is simply a raised, rounded feature. The left ear hangs as a thick, rounded mass. The goat has a thin neck, in section a vertical oval curves to its right. Areas of calcium carbonate incrustation on top of neck and head. Traces of root hairs visible in depression between left eye and ear. This sensitively modelled goat's head may originally have belonged to a small statuary group or high relief of a shepherd with his sheep and goats in a bucolic landscape. (DGM) Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
