Currently not on view
Head of Homer (Hellenistic Blind Type),
1st century CE
Roman
y1962-134
Information
Title
Head of Homer (Hellenistic Blind Type)
Dates
1st century CE
Medium
White marble with small crystals
Dimensions
31.7 x 22.5 x 24.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection
Object Number
y1962-134
Period
Type
Materials
Given to the Museum by Edward Sampson
- Robert Boehringer and Erich Boehringer, Homer: Bildnisse und Nachweise, (Breslau: F. Hirt, 1939).
- Luciano Laurenzi, Rittrati greci, (Firenze: Sansoni, 1941)., p. 89-90; cat. no. II;
- G. M. A. Richter, Greek portraits: a study of their development, (Berchem-Bruxelles: Latomus, revue d’études latines, 1955-)., p. 36, figs. 27-28.
- F. F. Jones, "Six pieces of Sculpture", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 21, no. 2 (1962): p. 46-55., p. 50, figs. 7-9, p. 50 (illus.)
- Antal Hekler, Bildnisse berühmter Griechen, 3d ed. (Berlin; Mainz: Florian Kupferberg, 1962). , p. 65; cat. no. 44
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 22, no. 1 (1963): p. 15-19., p. 15
- Cornelius C. Vermeule, "Greek and Roman portraits in North American collections open to the public", Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 108, no. 2 (1964): p. 99-134., p. 116.
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Gisela Marie Augusta Richter, The portraits of the Greeks, (London: Phaidon Press, 1965).
, Vol. 1: p. 115; cat. no 25 - Diana Buitron-Oliver, The Odyssey and Ancient Art: An Epic in Word and Image, (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Blum Art Institue, Bard College, 1992)., no. 43, p. 132; p. 121 (illus.)
- 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)
- Don C. Skemer, The Greek book from papyrus to printing: an exhibition at the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, Princeton University, 8 September-7 December 2008, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 2008)., p. 3 (illus.)
