Head of a Youth (Dionysos or a Follower?), c. 220/100 B.C.

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 26.1 x 14.9 x 15.7 cm (10 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth

Accession Number

1942.11.1

Artists / Makers

Hellenistic 2nd Century B.C./1st Century A.D. (sculptor)

Image Use

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Provenance

(Joseph Brummer [1883-1947], New York); Ralph Harman [1873-1931] and Mary Batterman [d. 1951] Booth, Grosse Point, Michigan, before 1931;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Mary Batterman Booth to John Walker, undated letter, but with material from late 1942, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Booth, Ralph Harman and Mary Batterman
Booth, Ralph Harman, Mrs.
Brummer, Joseph

Bibliography

1942: "National Gallery Gets 3 Sculptures." New York Times 6 December 1942.

1948: Recent Additions to the Ralph and Mary Booth Collection. Washington, 1948: unpaginated, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 158, as Greek, fourth century B.C.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 140, repro.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 108, repro.

1999: Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.