Currently not on view
Head of a Sphinx, inspired by a prototype of ca. 450 B.C.,
1st century CE
Roman
y1962-136
Information
Title
Head of a Sphinx, inspired by a prototype of ca. 450 B.C.
Dates
1st century CE
Medium
Fine-grained white marble
Dimensions
preserved: 19.5 x 19.2 x 24.3 cm (7 11/16 x 7 9/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection
Object Number
y1962-136
Culture
Type
Materials
Given to the Museum by Edward Sampson
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 22, no. 1 (1963): p. 15-19., p. 15
- B. S. Ridgway, et al., Greek sculpture in the Art Museum, Princeton University: Greek originals, Roman copies and variants, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1994)., cat. no. 27, pp. 85-88 (illus)
