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Portrait of a philosopher, probably Democritus or perhaps Hermarchus

about A.D. 50; Roman copy of a Greek original
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsHeight: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Heinz Herzer
Accession number1972.971
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1972, gift of Antiken Heinz Herzer, Munich, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1972)
Head of a bearded man
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of Aphrodite
about A.D. 138–192
Head of Herakles
about 325 B.C. (?)
Goddess, perhaps Athena
4th century B.C.
young female
about 350–325 B.C.