Head of an ephebus
Author:
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Eclectic work from the Flavian period
Material and technique:
Pentelic marble
Origin:
Purchased in Rome, formerly in the Alberici Collection
Inventory:
Inv. MB 84
Collection:
The head of an ephebus, with rows of tight curls on his forehead (a typical feature of archaic Greek sculpture) and locks of hair falling to his shoulders, can be dated to the end of the first century A.D., in the Flavian period.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.
