Harvard Art Museums > 1960.457: Head of a God, Hero or Votary 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 God, Hero or Votary , 1960.457,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289143. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.457 Title Head of a God, Hero or Votary Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, head Date late 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus Period Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic Culture Cypriot Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289143 Physical Descriptions Medium Limestone Dimensions actual: 15 x 12.5 x 9.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.457 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 199032 Cypriote Head of a God, Hero, or Votary The head is broken off at the neck. The nose and one ear are partly missing, as well as a part of the other ear and a piece from the top of the head. There are small pocks and scratches over the surface. There are two parallel drill channels running, front to back under the neck, for attachment to a draped statue (?). The face has an empty expression, enhanced by the recutting and smoothing between lower lip and point of the chin. The features are heavy-set. This head and its standing statue in a long tunic and cloak belong close to the Type 36/37 groups that span the period around 380-320 B.C. (Pryce, 1931, pp. 112-118). 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. 27, no. 207 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. 47, no. 32 Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 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
