Harvard Art Museums > 1960.454: Head 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 , 1960.454,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/289233. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.454 Title Head Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, head Date 2500 BCE-2000 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades Period Cycladic period Culture Cycladic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/289233 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions actual: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.454 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 19905 Cycladic Head The nose, small and turning toward the rectangular, is in low relief and is worn. This fragment from a statuette has flat contours and a pyramidal nose in relief. The head, which is pear-shaped, probably belonged to a female figure of normal, developed type. Traces of the eyes and mouth are visible in raking light. 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. 202 Patricia Getz-Preziosi, "Cycladic Art in the Fogg and Farland Collections", American Journal of Archaeology (1966), 70, p. 110, pls. 30-31, figs. 17-19 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. 21, no. 5 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
