Skip to main content

Portrait head of a man

A.D. 117–138
Medium/TechniqueMarble, Dolomitic from the Greek island of Thasos
DimensionsHeight: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul E. Manheim
Accession number68.768
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Paul Manheim Collection; gift of Paul Manheim to MFA, December 11, 1968; June 26, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Christie's, New York.
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of a woman
about A.D. 120
Hermes
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
Head of Bacchus (Dionysos)
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210
Head of a boy
1st century A.D. (after a Hellenistic prototype)