Caption

Head of a woman Berenice II or Arsinoe II, unknown author, Greek sculpture, female portrait, 330–30 BC; Hellenistic period, Alexandria, sculpture, A carved pale stone bust of a head and neck set against a smooth gray background, showing a stylized hairline with wavy carved strands and a headband, smooth facial features with closed or blank eyes, a straight nose, and a small closed mouth, with subtle surface pitting and weathering visible on the cheek and neck, mounted on a small square base; visible colors include off-white and light gray on the sculpture and medium gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_052

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89.9Mb (2.9Mb) / 17.5in x 20.0in / 5239 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Head woman Berenice II Arsinoe II unknown author Greek sculpture female portrait 330–30 Bc Hellenistic period Alexandria sculpture carved pale stone bust head neck set smooth gray background showing stylized hairline wavy carved strands headband smooth facial features closed blank eyes straight nose small mouth subtle surface pitting weathering visible cheek neck mounted small square base visible colors include off-white light gray medium gray background.