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Greek and Roman Sculpture

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Greek and Roman Sculpture

Explore some of the MFA’s most inspiring and important pieces of Greek and Roman sculpture in marble and bronze. The exquisite bronze Ptolemaic head of a goddess or queen pictured here sets the stage for what follows: representing the many approaches classical artists used to depict the human form, these statues embody the idealized beauty for which Greek and Roman art is known.

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about 300–270 B.C.
Cloaked body
2nd century A.D.
Male torso (Mercury?)
1st half of the 1st century A.D.
Head of a youth ("The Nelson Head")
about mid-2nd century A.D.
Youth
about 375–325 B.C.
Head of a woman
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Youth
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Body
about A.D. 190
Lower body of a youth
2nd–3rd century A.D.