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CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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FIVE GREEK MARBLE HEADS
CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Three likely depicting goddesses, one a youth, and one a female from a relief
Tallest: 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high (5)
CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Three likely depicting goddesses, one a youth, and one a female from a relief
Tallest: 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high (5)
Provenance
Center head in the illustration:
Robert Hay (1799-1863), Linplum, East Lothian, Scotland; thence by descent to his son Robert J.A. Hay, 1863.
Samuel A. Way (1816-1872), Boston, 1871; thence by descent to his son Charles Granville Way (1871-1912), Brookline; gifted to the MFA, Boston, 1872.
Others: Mr. & Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, Boston; gifted to the MFA, Boston, 1918.
Robert Hay (1799-1863), Linplum, East Lothian, Scotland; thence by descent to his son Robert J.A. Hay, 1863.
Samuel A. Way (1816-1872), Boston, 1871; thence by descent to his son Charles Granville Way (1871-1912), Brookline; gifted to the MFA, Boston, 1872.
Others: Mr. & Mrs. William de Forest Thomson, Boston; gifted to the MFA, Boston, 1918.
Literature
L.D. Caskey, MFA Annual Report, 1918, p. 86 (for four).
M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone: the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1976, nos. 63, 85, 86, 83.
M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone: the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1976, nos. 63, 85, 86, 83.
Exhibited
Center head in the illustration:
London, Crystal Palace, 1871.
Oklahoma City, University of Oklahoma, 1940-1958.
London, Crystal Palace, 1871.
Oklahoma City, University of Oklahoma, 1940-1958.
Special notice
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