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Male herm-bust

about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureThessaly, Greece
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession number36.218
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1924, sold by Edward Zoumpoulakis (dealer), Athens, to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P1414); 1936, sold by Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $6500. (Accession Date: April 2, 1936)
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
4th century B.C.
Goddess or woman
about 325–300 B.C.
Female torso
2nd–1st century B.C.
Torso of Aphrodite
about 125–25 B.C. (after a Greek type of the 4th century B.C.