2nd Century BC

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2nd Century BC
2nd Century BC

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where this was on display, titled this exhibit: "Fragmentary colossal head of a youth". It was discovered in Greece at Pergamon in 1879. The placard describes this marble sculpture as follows:

"Although this extraordinary head has long been known, its function and importance have only recently been understood. The youth, with long curling locks and a brooding expression, was originally part of a draped bust set into marble roundel almost four feet in diameter. It is probably among the earliest known sculptures of this type in marble and over life-size in scale. It would have been one of several that adorned the walls of a particularly grand space in the gymnasium of ancient Pergamon. He may represent a young god or possibly Alexander the Great. Even in its damaged condition, the head exemplifies the combination of sensitivity and presence characteristic of the finest Hellenistic Pergamene sculpture."

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