Collection Head of a Boy

Head of a Boy

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Head of a Boy

2nd century

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Roman

Unknown

Marble

Object: 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm) Including base: 16 3/4 inches × 8 inches (42.5 × 20.3 cm) Mount: 8 1/4 inches × 8 inches (21 × 20.3 cm)

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Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford

62.160

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Provenance

Eleanor Clay Ford

1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

DIA, THE INSTITUTE COLLECTS, Dec 8, 1964-Jan 3, 1965, p 16.

Gazda, Elaine K. Roman Portraiture: Ancient & Modern Revivals. Exh. cat., Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Ann Arbor, 1977, pp. 28–29, no. 10 (ill.). [as "Severan Child (Geta?)"]

Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, 5,000 YEARS OF FACES, Jan 15 - Aug 30, 1983 (no cat).

Vermeule, Cornelius C., GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE IN AMERICA, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981, p 340, no 292.

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Roman, Head of a Boy, 2nd century, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 62.160.

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