Cast Gallery catalogue number: C245

Head of a Muse ('Polyhymnia').

• Plaster cast: Height: 38 cm.
• Copy of a head from a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is a version of a work of the Hellenistic period, probably about the middle of the 2nd century BC.
  • is now in Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Albertinum, 173.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

C 245
Head of a Muse, Called "Polyhymnia"; Dresden

Marble
Head
Dresden, Albertinum, 173