Head of King
The king wears the royal "nemes" head cloth adorned with a coiled uraeus serpent on the brow. A confident smile, crisply defined eyes, and a sense of detachment and self-satisfaction are common in the facial features of Ptolemaic Period sculptures.
Sculpture
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id
256
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
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CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.389_Fnt_BW_H43.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.389_Fnt_BW_H43.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.389_Fnt_BW_H43.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.389 |
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