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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.
Head of an athlete
probably A.D. 50–75
Head of Aphrodite
about 1st century B.C.
Cupid (Eros)
about A.D. 190
Hermaphrodite
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Youth
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.