The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Portrait Head of a Youth
1–100 CE
Location: 103 Roman
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The carving of this head was never finished.Description
Several unusual features of this head suggest that its carving was never finished in antiquity. These include unfinished hair around the ears, small bumps remaining in the hair near the front and top of the head, and the lack of a finely polished surface. Although said to have been found in Egypt, the head is carved of dolomitic marble thought to come from the Saliari region of the northern Greek island of Thasos.- Sinadino, Alexandria; Ferdinand Fonseca, Paris
- Wunderlich, Silvia A. "A Marble Head of a Youth." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 3 (1948): 37-39. Ill. on cover. 25141446.Herrmann, John J. "Thasos and the Ancient Marble Trade: Evidence from American Museums," in J. Paul Getty Museum. Marble: Art Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Ancient Sculpture, eds. M. True and J. Podany, pp. 73-100. Malibu, Calif: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1990. Discussed and illustrated, pp. 88, 90, 93, Fig. 26.The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 24 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 24 archive.org
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.188