Head of a goddess ("The Chios Head")
3rd to 2nd century BC
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nathaniel Thayer
Accession number10.70
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On viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceAbout 1853/1856, said to have been found on the Palaiokastro, Chios by Antonios Xanthakes [see note 1]; by inheritance to his son, Stylianos Xanthakes (d. 1881); about 1881, sold by Xanthakes' widow to J. C. Choremes; 1900, sold by the heirs of J. C. Choremes to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome [see note 2]. 1910, gift of Nathaniel Thayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1910)
NOTE: [1] Said to have been found at the time of the Crimean War while searching for building material. See L. D. Caskey, Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture (Boston: MFA, 1925), p. 71, cat. 29. [2] Lent by Warren to the MFA in 1909 (loan no. 923.09).
NOTE: [1] Said to have been found at the time of the Crimean War while searching for building material. See L. D. Caskey, Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture (Boston: MFA, 1925), p. 71, cat. 29. [2] Lent by Warren to the MFA in 1909 (loan no. 923.09).
530–515 B.C.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
probably A.D. 50–75
about 1st century B.C.
150–100 B.C.
about A.D. 190
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
about 560–550 B.C.
about 480 B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
about 470–450 B.C.
late 5th century B.C.