Head of a Bearded Man
5th century BCE
- Medium
- Limestone
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 29.2 × 20.3 × 26 cm (11 1/2 × 8 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Cyprus
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Robert A. Waller Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This limestone head has features that are commonly found on Greek sculptures carved about one hundred years earlier (during the Archaic period), such as almond-shaped eyes, face-framing ringlets, and a faint smile. It comes from the island of Cyprus, a major center for the exchange of goods and ideas throughout the ancient world. The sculptor may have visited Greece or otherwise known about the earlier Greek art that appears to have influenced this work.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
