1992.11: Head of a Young Boy
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.11
- Title
- Head of a Young Boy
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 300 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289021
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Purchased from G. Max Bernheimer, Bernheimer Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA.
From Stuart Thorne by bequest.
ex. coll. Mrs.Thorne who had obtained them in Greece many years before.
Mrs. Thorne was closely involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from the 1930's onwards.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.11
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Head of a smiling boy inclined slightly to its own left. The back of the head is smooth. There are traces of white slip on face.
Verification Level
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