Portrait Head of a Greek Poet with a Laurel Wreath
Artist
Unknown Roman artist
Datemid-1st–2nd century
MediumMarble
Dimensions13 x 8 1/4 x 9 in. (33 x 21 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number70.11.1
On View
Not on view[1] Per Brun; see undated letter to Mary Ellen Soles in response to Soles’s letter dated February 28, 2001, where Brun indicates a Dutch collection. No further details provided.Published ReferencesExhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 5, illus. (b-w) 5.
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 71.
S. Dillon. Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture. Contexts, Subjects, and Styles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) 132, 166, cat. no. B77.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October, 1970, 4, illus. (b-w) 5.
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Unknown Roman artist
circa 20 BCE–20 CE
