Fragmentary male head
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Roman copy of a Greek original from the 4th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Pentelic marble
Inventory:
Inv. MB 163
Finely executed head from a Roman copy of a 4th-century B.C. statue of Heracles. The best copy of the Greek original is now at the Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Room 6 displays numerous original Greek reliefs and sculptures, some votive works and others funerary.