Female Votive Head

4th century BCE (Classical-early Hellenistic)

15.5 cm 26.5 cm

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The proportions and the fine rendering of idealized features all mark this head as being in the Classical style. Her almond-shaped eyes are set beneath the protruding brow, from which extends a thin, elegant nose. Her mouth is small and tightly closed, but indentations are th...

Sculpture

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normalized
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Kaufmann’s Department Store, Pittsburgh, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1]; Mrs. Robert M. Weidenhammer, Rockville, MD, 1966, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by gift.[1] illustrated in a notice for the Kaufmann's sale printed for 4 March 1966, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 10
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