Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Head of a Female Divinity Wearing a Polos
Image View:
Detail, right side, showing hairstyle
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Greek)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi' (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy) inv. 754
Location Note:
Viale Teocrito, 66
GPS:
37.0764 15.2864
Date:
ca. 600-580 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Archaic (Greek)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
limestone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; crown
Description:
Head of a female divinity wearing a polos (cylindrical crown) in a sub-Daedalic style. Produced by a local workshop with clearly evident Corinthian influences, in the beginning of the 6th century BCE. Found in Syracuse-Laganello near the river Ciane. [Information from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-AMA-HFD-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Head of a Female Divinity Wearing a Polos