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Gorgoneion relief

500–450 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
Dimensions6 x 6.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7995
On View
On view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; by 1900: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (sale of the Forman Collection, part 2, July 2-5, 1900, lot 192); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (said to have been found at Capua); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901