Cast Gallery catalogue number: C046
Head of Diomedes.
For another version of the same original see C045.
- Plaster cast: Height: 44cm.
- Copy of a marble statue.
- The statue:
- is a version of a bronze original of about 430 BC.
- was probably found in Italy.
- was formerly in the the Cavendish-Bentinck and Newton-Robinson collections.
- is now in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 03.745.
Detailed Record
Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum
C 046
Head of Diomedes. Boston
Marble
Head
27.4 cm
Said to have been acquired in Italy.
United States, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 03.745
Preservation:The head, which is broken through the neck, has been recomposed of four pieces. The joins between the pieces are filled with plaster. Other plaster restorations include an area between the left eye and ear, the lower lid and part of the upper lid of the right eye, the tip of the nose and the adjoining part of the right nostril, the upper edge of the right ear, and the lobe of the left ear. The hair is slightly corroded above the brow.
