Head of a Youth
300–100 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta with clay slip
- Dimensions
- 17.4 × 9.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-246283
The head of a young man has a long neck and an elongated, oval face with well-defined features: under a low brow are small, regularly shaped eyes with sharply outlined eyelids, a straight nose, and a half-open mouth. The smooth hair is parted off-center and combed forward in finely defined tufts over the broad forehead. On the back of the neck, simple parallel grooves form broad, flattened locks and there is a circular hole where the neck attaches to the head. The man’s distinctive features suggest a languid expression emphasized by the half-open lips. This type is not common in the Tarentine area during the Hellenistic period.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- 300–100 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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