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<rdf:RDF xmlns:schema="//schema.org/" xmlns:rdf="//www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><schema:VisualArtwork><schema:image>http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/838813/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=F1847FF87152A1F8A65E0D78AB98A434</schema:image><schema:name>Head of Alexander the Great or Helios, the sun god</schema:name><schema:dateCreated>2nd century A.D. or 19th century</schema:dateCreated><schema:artMedium>Marble from Carrara in northwest Italy</schema:artMedium><schema:description>Turned violently upward and to its own left, this head of Alexander the Great as Helios, god of the sun, was carved to be let into a statue of nearly colossal proportions. The divine ruler was probably represented in the heroic nude with a cloak or aegis about the shoulders, concealing the join of the neck and shoulders. A ruler's rolled fillet encircles the head behind the leonine locks which enframe the face.

(E.P. Warren: modern; Ariel Herrmann: by Albicini (?); J. B. Ward-Perkins: Carrara marble)

Scientific Analysis:
     Harvard Lab No. HI216:  Isotope ratios -  delta13C +2.02 / delta18O -1.65, Attribution - Carrara, Doliana 2, Justification - Fine-grained marble.</schema:description><schema:artForm>Sculpture</schema:artForm><schema:width>48.0000000000 Centimeter</schema:width><schema:width>53.3000000000 Centimeter</schema:width><schema:height>36.0000000000 Centimeter</schema:height><schema:height>24.0000000000 Centimeter</schema:height><schema:url>http://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/151130;jsessionid=F1847FF87152A1F8A65E0D78AB98A434</schema:url></schema:VisualArtwork></rdf:RDF>