Portrait head of Demosthenes
1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Carrara in northwest Italy
DimensionsHeight (max.) x length (of face): 19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Jeanette Brun
Accession number1972.899
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1972, gift of Jeannette Brun (dealer), Dufourstrasse 119, Zurich to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1972)
1st or 2nd century A.D.
late 1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.
2nd century A.D. or 19th century
1st–2nd century A.D.
30 B.C.–A.D. 70
1st–2nd century A.D.
late 2nd century A.D., based on Hellenistic Greek work of 2nd century B.C.
probably first half of the 1st century B.C.
about A.D. 125–175
