Museum collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 256845
Marble head of a man
Unknown maker, 3rd century BCE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Purchase, Mrs. Martin Fried Gift and Arthur Darby Nock Bequest, 1997 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Medium
- Marble (white with fairly large crystals, probably from the Greek islands)
- Dimensions
- H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
- Era
- Museum collection
Why it matters
Marble head of a man, dated 3rd century BCE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Marble (white with fairly large crystals, probably from the Greek islands). The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.