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Torso of a young god or athlete
Torso of a young god or athlete

Torso of a young god or athlete

1st century A.D.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsHeight: 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr.
Accession number1974.123
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1958: with Gerd Rosen, Berlin (auction 31, Berlin, November 24-29, 1958, lot 1911); before 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; by 1966: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Collection (first loaned to MFA as 8.66; later loaned to MFA as 174.67, 21.69, 44.1971,109.1972); 1973: Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Estate; bequest of Benjamin Rowland, Jr. to MFA, February 13, 1974
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about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
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about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of Aphrodite
about A.D. 138–192
Head of Zeus
350–340 B.C.
Head of Herakles
about 325 B.C. (?)