Male Head, probably 19th or early 20th century

Not on View

Medium

black granite

Dimensions

overall: 33 x 36.8 x 34.3 cm (13 x 14 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Keppel

Accession Number

1949.15.1

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (related artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

David Keppel [d. 1956], New York;[1] gift 1949 to NGA.

[1] There is no record as to when or where Mr. Keppel, a print dealer, acquired the sculpture, but by 1949 he had owned it "for many years" (see letter from Douglas Lewis to Dr. Nicholas Reeves, 23 January 1989, in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Keppel, David

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 79, repro.