Female Head

Greco-Roman

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4th century

Marble

Overall: 4 × 4 × 4 1/2 in. (10.2 × 10.2 × 11.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William Dexter

S.965.90.12

Geography

Place Made: Greece, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Classical World

Not on view

Inscriptions

Not signed.

Course History

GOVT 86.43/MES 12.14, Intellectual History of Racism, Michelle Clarke and Jonathan Smolin, Spring 2022

Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023

Classical Studies 6.01, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Margaretha Kramer, Fall 2023

Exhibition History

Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.

Provenance

Collected by George Ticknor (1791-1871), Boston, Massachusetts, probably in Europe, about 1815-1835; to his daughter, Eliza (Mrs. William) Sullivan Ticknor Dexter (1833-1880), about 1871; to her son, Philip Dexter (1868-1934), about 1880; to his son, William Dexter (1897-1943), about 1934; to his wife, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer Dexter (1900-1976), 1943; given to Dartmouth College, 1943; catalogued by present collection, 1965.

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