Head of a Man

ca. 320 BCE (Classical)

19.9 cm 31.9 cm 21.5 cm

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This magnificent head belonged to a type of Athenian grave monument in which life-size images of family members were presented within a stage-like setting. The deep-set eyes, furrowed brow, open mouth, and tousled hair depart from the idealized Classical forms typical of the...

Sculpture

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Raimund Netzhammer [d. 1945], archbishop of Bucharest, Romania [part of a collection assembled in the late 1920's and early 1930's]; Maria Wolff [sister of Raimund Netzhammer], Munich, by inheritance; Erich Wolff, Munich, by inheritance; Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, West Germany, 1986; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by purchase.
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