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Caption

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd–2nd century B.C.E.. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Male Portrait Head

Date

3rd–2nd century B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt, Place collected: Alexandria, Egypt

Medium

Terracotta

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.234

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