Head of an athlete
probably A.D. 50–75
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight x length (of face): 37 x 18.5 cm (14 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.754
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24,1903
about 1st century B.C.
second half of 2nd century A.D.
280–240 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
1982
1982
about A.D. 138–192
1st century A.D.
about A.D. 140–190
about 2200–1750 B.C.
about mid-3rd century A.D.