SculptureByzantine5th-6th century

Head of a Man

c. 400-600 CE

Description

Head of a man with beard and mustache. Top and back of head broken away. Large almond shaped eyes with carefully delineated pupils. Beard indicated by cross-hatchings.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Limestone

Culture

Byzantine

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Century

5th-6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.4 x 8.7 x 4.4 cm (3 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Related Artworks

Madonna and Child in Shrine

Unknown Artist, 19th-20th century

Plaster, toned, painted and gilt

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Sculpture

Openwork Relief Fragment with Two Griffins Attacking an Animal

Unknown Artist, 4th century BCE

Plaster

4th century BCEGreek

Sculpture

Torso of a Female Figure in Motion, probably Artemis (Amazon or Virtus)

Unknown Artist, 100 BCE-50 BCE

Marble, seemingly from mainland Greece, possibly Pentelic, with slight crystals

1st century BCEGreek

Sculpture

One of Two Standing, Armor-Clad Archers, Each Wearing Boots, a Scaled 'Liangdang' Breastplate, a Pointed, Vertically Fluted Helmet, and an Arrow-Filled Quiver, and Each with His Right Hand Positioned at His Chest, Left Hand at His Side

Unknown Artist, first third 6th century

Molded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Pair of sculptures: Shinto Lion-Dogs (Koma inu)

Unknown Artist, Late Kamakura or Nambokuchō period, 13th-14th century

2 sculptures: wood, multiple-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy

13th-14th centuryJapanese

Sculpture

Standing, Bearded, Elderly Male Figure with Bulging Eyes, Arched Brows, Pointed Hat, and Sleeved Cloak Draped over the Shoulders, His Hands Raised to Chest Level in a Gesture

Unknown Artist, first third 6th century

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigment over white ground

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Half-Kneeling Angel

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1672

Terracotta

17th centuryItalian

Sculpture

Bull Figurine

Unknown Artist, 11th-8th century BCE

Leaded copper

2nd-1st millennium BCEGreek

Sculpture

SMALL FEMALE HEAD IN RELIEF TERRA COTTA.

Terracotta

Boxwood

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Jo Davidson, 1942-1947?

Bronze

20th centuryAmerican