Cast Gallery catalogue number: C009

Head of an athlete.
See C008 for the torso.

• Plaster cast: Height: unavailable.
• Copy of the head of a marble statue.
• The head:
  • is a version of an original bronze of about 460 BC.
  • was formerly in the Borghese Collection where it was joined with a torso to form the statue known as 'Pollux'.
  • has since been separated from the torso as they did not belong together.
  • is now in Paris, Musee du Louvre, Ma 889bis.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

C 009
Head of Athlete; Louvre

Marble
Head
France, Paris, Louvre