Head of a Woman with Braids

ca. 325 BCE (Hellenistic)

6 cm 11 cm 7.7 cm

Citation Source image

This piece may be dated by the details of the hairstyle, especially the position of the braids, which are wrapped around the head like a tiara. The deep-set, inner corners of the eyes and the angle at which the head is tilted will become common features of later Hellenistic sc...

Sculpture

id
id
22601
contentType
contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
7
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.137_Lft_DD_T12.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.137_Lft_DD_T12.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.137_Lft_DD_T12.jpg
imageCount 7
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.137

Relations

createdBy
inCollection