Harvard Art Museums > 1960.452: Head Sculpture Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head , 1960.452,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/289141. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.452 Title Head Classification Sculpture Work Type head, sculpture Date c. 2500 BCE-2000 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades Period Cycladic period Culture Cycladic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289141 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions actual: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.452 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 19904 Cycladic Head There is a horizontal break across the face. The end of the nose, part of the left cheek, and part of the back of the head are missing. Otherwise, the surface is in good condition. This fragment from a statuette or, technically, a small statue, has flat contours and a pyramidal nose in relief. It came from a female figure of developed type. The size of this head made the complete figure more unusual than the other, smaller statuettes in the Robinson-Harvard collections. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 26, no. 201 Patricia Getz-Preziosi, "Cycladic Art in the Fogg and Farland Collections", American Journal of Archaeology (1966), 70, pp. 110-111, pl. 32, figs. 23-25 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. 20, no. 4 [Reproduction Only], Persephone, (Fall 2006)., p. 21. Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 Related Objects Object Number 2001.178 Title Cycladic Head Classification Sculpture Object Number 1998.243 Title Head of a Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Classification Sculpture Object Number 1998.245 Title Torso of a Female Statuette Classification Sculpture Object Number 1998.242 Title Head of a Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Classification Sculpture Object Number 1998.246 Title Torso of a Female Statuette Classification Sculpture Object Number 1960.447 Title Cycladic Figurine of a Woman Classification Sculpture Object Number 1995.1134 Title Female Figure of the Spedos Variety Classification Sculpture Object Number 1998.244 Title Torso of a Female Statuette Classification Sculpture Object Number 1995.1135 Title Female Figure, Chalandriani Type Classification 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
