The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Head of a Foreign Warrior

300–200 BC

Greece, Alexandria or the Levant, 3rd Century BC

Marble with traces of paint

Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.440

Location

102C Greek

Fun Fact

This figure's hat and moustache mark him as non-Greek.

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 34 archive.org
Carter, Martha L. Classical Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. Mentioned p. 7; reproduced; p. 8; Plate 12 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 23 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 23 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 25 archive.org
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 336, fig. 16 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art. University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (organizer) (August 15-December 15, 1974).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.440