Head of a priest
about A.D. 150
Medium/TechniqueStone, hard limestone
Dimensions29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession number1994.294
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1969: with Christie, Manson & Woods, 8 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1 (auction, December 2, 1969, lot 92: probably from Palmyra); purchased at the Christie, Manson & Woods auction by Jerome M. Eisenberg for Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; purchased from Jerome M. Eisenberg by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; April 29, 1970: loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule (95.1970); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule, December 14, 1994
about A.D. 170–190
about 500–450 B.C.
probably 2nd century A.D.
early 6th century B.C.
Mid 6th c. B.C.
First half of the 6th c. BC
Late 6th century B.C.
Second quarter of the 5th century B.C.
