Cast Gallery catalogue number: C160

Portrait head of a Greek (once thought to be Alkibiades)

• Plaster cast: Height: 69 cm.
• Copy of a marble portrait head.
• The head:
  • is a version of a head from a bronze statue of the 4th century BC.
  • was formerly in the Albani Collection (inv. D19).
  • is now in Vatican City, Musei Vaticani, Salla della Biga, inv. 2347.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

C 160
Portrait of a Bearded Greek Wearing a Helmet; Vatican

Marble
Head
Vatican, Sala della Biga, 616