Head of Alexander the Great or a youthful hero, perhaps Meleager
A.D. 225–275
Medium/TechniqueMarble, Gray and white, probably from Dokimeion (Afyon) in west-central Turkey
DimensionsHeight x width: 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number1974.581
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1962: Istanbul art market; purchased by Horace L. Mayer from Petro Hanazoglou (supposedly from Smyrna according to a letter in the Mayer file dated December 8,1962); by 1964: loaned by Horace L. Mayer to MFA as 102.64; by 1974: Mrs. Horace L. Mayer Collection; gift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 27, 1974
about A.D. 140–190
about A.D. 100-135
about A.D. 220–240
1st century B.C.
A.D. 170–230
2nd century A.D.
mid- to late 2nd century A.D.
3rd-4th century
about 60–30 B.C.
about A.D. 180
about 510–480 B.C.