Head of a Sphinx
https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.858
This female head once belonged to a sphinx, a mythological hybrid creature with the head of a woman and body of a winged lion. Her short cylindrical crown, known as a polos, helps to identify her as a sphinx, as does the slope of her hair and neck, which once continued onto a...
Sculpture
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id
110236
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60751282"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1928.858
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.858/1928.858_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.858/1928.858_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.858/1928.858_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Greece, Archaic period
Technique
marble
Medium
marble
Genre
Sculpture
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Relations
belongs_to