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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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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.
280–240 B.C.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
1982
1982
about A.D. 138–192
about 2200–1750 B.C.
about mid-3rd century A.D.