Head of a priest
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Head of a priest
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Published 2018-06-13T15:58:37+00:00
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This head was shown in 1931 at the first major international exhibition of Byzantine art in Paris. Volbach, a German art historian, belonged to the scientific advisory board and was a close friend of the exhibition secretary Georges Duithuit. In the following year, together with Georges Salles, they gave out a magnificent volume of 100 masterpieces of Byzantine art, including this one. The piece was considered a portrait of an emperor, but it is now agreed that the head belonged to a tomb statue, which stood in a niche. The bald head indicates that the portrayed was a priest.
Technical Information
| Date published | 13/06/2018 |
| Complexity | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Head of a priest |
| Date | 2nd century |
| Accession | Inv. 4132 |
| Medium | Limestone with black paint and traces of gold |
| Credit | Acquired from Josef Strzygowski in 1900 in Qena, Egypt |
| Record | https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/home.html |
| Place | Bode Museum |
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