Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1085: Bust of a Youth 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"Bust of a Youth , 1943.1085,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291529. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1085 Title Bust of a Youth Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, bust Date 400 BCE-300 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum (Apulia) Period Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291529 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta, traces of paint Dimensions 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1085 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. 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 Male head, turned to left and inclined slightly forward. Left shoulder is higher than the right, right arm is extended and bent. Ridged conical Phrygian type cap that reveals locks of hair framing either side of face. Eyes are open, lids clearly defined, and tips of teeth protrude from slightly parted lips. Pale, pinkish clay; remains of white slip; traces of red pigment on hair. Publication History George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 160. Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), p. 256 (checklist). Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 106, no. 117, ill. Exhibition History Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
