Head of a Man

late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic) 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) Citation Source image

Images of men during the Ptolemaic Period are either idealized or realistic, showing lines and wrinkles. The so-called realistic images were not individual portraits, but were meant to represent a traditional mature official. This head has a youthful, idealized face with a c...

Sculpture

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29631
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sculpture
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normalized
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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