Harvard Art Museums > 1920.44.191: Head of a Female Figure 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 Female Figure , 1920.44.191,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292369. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1920.44.191 Title Head of a Female Figure Classification Sculpture Work Type head, sculpture Date 150-50 BCE Period Hellenistic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292369 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble from Greek islands (?) Dimensions 5.1 cm (2 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 1920.44.191 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 199068 Head of a Female Figure All surfaces are very worn. The hair is drawn back into a bun above the back of the neck. This head could have come from a small figure of a draped woman, the late Hellenistic counterpart in marble of Tanagra figurines. Small statues and statuettes of Aphrodite in the nude, sandal-binders, figures like the Medici Venus, and related "Rhodian nymphs" also have heads similar to this example (Marcadé, 1969, pls. XLVII-XLIX). Draped statues or statuettes with this form of fourth-century to Hellenistic head are often little more than dressed-up "fountain nymphs" leaning against supports (Marcadé, 1969, pl. XXXI). 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. 85, no. 68 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
