Object Details
- Description
- Head and bust of a woman in high relief.
- Previous custodian or owner
- Joseph Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5601, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Date
- 3rd century (dated 231 CE)
- Origin
- Palmyra, Homs, Syria
- Topic
- portrait
- funerary
- woman
- Syria
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1908.236
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 60.1 x 55.3 x 23 cm (23 11/16 x 21 3/4 x 9 1/16 in)
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.236
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