Harvard Art Museums > 2022.285: Head of the Gorgon Medusa from a Funerary Vessel 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 the Gorgon Medusa from a Funerary Vessel , 2022.285,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jan 08, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/377056. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2022.285 Title Head of the Gorgon Medusa from a Funerary Vessel Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 3rd century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia Period Hellenistic period, Early Culture South Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/377056 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta with remains of white slip Technique Mold-made Dimensions H. 19.3 × W. 15.6 × D. 7.6 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 3 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin [1], Paris, (by 1890-1911), sold; to William A. Clark [2], New York, (by 1911-1925), bequest; to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., (1926-2018) [3], transferred; to American University Museum, Washington, D.C., (2018-2021), sold; [through Sands of Time, Washington, D.C.]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022. 1. Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850-1916) 2. William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) 3. Following the closure of the Corcoran Gallery in 2014, its collections were physically transferred to the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.); the Corcoran Board of Trustees retained ownership until the collections were officially transferred to and accessioned into other museums’ collections (in 2018, in this case). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Kelekian Fund Accession Year 2022 Object Number 2022.285 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 Description Depiction of the head of the Gorgon Medusa in relief. Curling and waving hair frames a rounded, symmetrical face, which is frontal to the viewer. At the cheeks, snake heads emerge from Medusa's hair. White slip covers the surface, and traces of pigment are visible in the lips. From an applique on an Canosan funerary vessel, likely an askos. Mended from three fragments. Publication History Corcoran Gallery of Art, ed., Illustrated handbook of the W. A. Clark collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 1928), p. 116, no. 2634 Corcoran Gallery of Art, ed., Illustrated handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 1932), p.114, no.2634 Exhibition History Future Minded: New Works in the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/01/2024 - 07/21/2024 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
