Head of Alexander the Great or Helios, the sun god
2nd century A.D. or 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Carrara in northwest Italy
DimensionsHeight x length (of face): 48 x 24 cm (18 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.68
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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1st or 2nd century A.D.
late 1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D.
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