Harvard Art Museums > 1920.44.136: Head of a Young Man (?) of Barbarian Origin, in the Pergamene tradition 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 Young Man (?) of Barbarian Origin, in the Pergamene tradition , 1920.44.136,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292212. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1920.44.136 Title Head of a Young Man (?) of Barbarian Origin, in the Pergamene tradition Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, head Date 100 BCE Period Hellenistic period, Late Culture Greek? Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292212 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble from the Greek islands Dimensions 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton Accession Year 1920 Object Number 1920.44.136 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 199045 Head of a Young Man(?) of Barbarian Origin The face is battered, and the surfaces are worn. The masses of hair around the forehead were treated in summary, impressionistic fashion. Traces of a fillet around the ample locks might suggest that this head is the ideal presentation of a prince from one of the nations on the fringes of the Greek world, perhaps in Asia Minor. Despite the damage, the head conveys much of the strength and nobility of the subject. A slightly larger portrait, termed Hellenistic and related to the heroic iconography of Alexander the Great in Egypt, was found in the area of ancient Aquileia in Northern Italy (Scinari, 1972, p. 57, no. 162). 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. 61, no. 45 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
