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Ram's head
Greek
Late Classical Period
probably 4th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Marble, from the Greek island of Paros
Dimensions
Height x length: 23 x 32.5 cm (9 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8194
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 039; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 107 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe ears have been made too large and should lie back against the horns with the opening to the front. The horns should lie close to the sides of the head, as the re-worked fleece indicates. The eyelids have been patched with plaster. The eyes were inserted.
Scientific Analysis:
University of South Florida Lab No. 8402: Isotope ratios - delta13C +5.1 / delta18O -3.5,
Attribution - Paros 1. Justification - C and O isotopes, medium grain, Attic style
Scientific Analysis:
University of South Florida Lab No. 8402: Isotope ratios - delta13C +5.1 / delta18O -3.5,
Attribution - Paros 1. Justification - C and O isotopes, medium grain, Attic style
ProvenanceSaid to have been found near Acqua Traversa, Rome. By 1880, Costantino Corvisieri (b. 1822 - d. 1898), Palazzo Mattei di Giove, Rome [see note 1]; probably about 1898/1900, sold from the Corvisieri collection to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1925), Rome and London [see note 2]; 1901, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1901)
NOTES:
[1] Friedrich Matz with additions by F. von Duhn, Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1881), p. 463, no. 1633. This entry was one of Duhn's additions (1877-1880) to Matz's work. [2] According to Warren, he purchased this at the "Palazzo Corvisieri." Costantino Corvisieri's collection was sold shortly after his death, including through two auctions held in 1898 and 1900.
NOTES:
[1] Friedrich Matz with additions by F. von Duhn, Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1881), p. 463, no. 1633. This entry was one of Duhn's additions (1877-1880) to Matz's work. [2] According to Warren, he purchased this at the "Palazzo Corvisieri." Costantino Corvisieri's collection was sold shortly after his death, including through two auctions held in 1898 and 1900.