| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Head of an athlete |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis (found in 1865 SE of the Parthenon) |
| Summary: | Head of a youth wearing a taenia |
| Object Function: | Victory? |
| Sculptor: | Under the influence of Pheidias |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | High Classical |
| Technique: | In-the-round |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 450 BC - ca. 440 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.225 m |
| Scale: | Life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | High Classical |
Subject Description: The head seems to commemorate a (victorious?) athlete, as indicated by the taenia (band) around his hair.
Condition: Head only (nearly complete)
Condition Description: The head is intact, but missing most of the nose; it is also chipped, especially around the edges of the neck, on the chin, right cheek, and eyebrows. Traces of paint remain on the eye balls.
Material Description: Parian marble, according to Brouskari
Technique Description: As the hair is only sketchily carved, it may be presumed that details would have been added in paint.
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