COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
BMFA.60.45
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Name-CRT:
Artist not recorded
Title:
Portrait head of Socrates
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
about A.D. 170-195, based on a Greek original
Creation Start Date:
165
Creation End Date:
200
Materials and Techniques:
Marble from the quarries of Mount Pentelikon, near Athens
Style or Period:
Imperial, Later Antonine Period
Creation Place:
Greece said to be from Athens
Dimensions:
Height: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number:
60.45
Credit Line:
Frederick Brown Fund
Related Image Identifier Link:
BMFA.237-16.tif
