Head of a Boy

early 2nd century CE

Roman

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Title Head of a Boy

Artwork Date early 2nd century CE

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Roman

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall: 8 × 6 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (20.3 × 16.5 × 19.3 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Credit Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 53.366

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(Piero Tozzi, New York, New York)

1929, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1953-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Heil, W. MS Catalogue. 1931, p. 63.

Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts. DIA. Detroit, 1954, p. 131.

Masterworks of Sculpture. Exh. cat., John Herron Art Institute. Indianapolis, February-March, 1956.

"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (April 26, 1981): p. 23 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].

Vermeule, Cornelius C. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada. Berkeley: University of California Press 1981, 317 no. 272.

Image and Artifact: Ancient Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA Statewide Services Travelling Exhibition. February 5, 1984 - December 16, 1985, cat. no. 55 (ill.).

Kleiner, Diana E. E. and Susan B. Matheson eds. I Claudia, Women in Ancient Rome. Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, 1996, cat. no. 77, p. 144, (fig. 4), p.19.

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