Head of a Ptolemaic King (?)
after 2nd century B.C.
- Medium
- Asia Minor marble
- Dimensions
- 17.5 × 10.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-244915
A male(?) head with sharply angular features. The face is thin with deep set eyes and a small, pursed mouth with a hint of an overbite. The nose projects from the forehead in a nearly straight diagonal line. The tendons in the neck are rendered with a particular prominence. Only the front of the hair is articulated, rendered in waves pulled back from the head; the rest is roughly worked. The figure wears a diadem. The marble is dark gray with a yellow patina.
Provenance
Gift of Stefan Hornak
Registry history
- after 2nd century B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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