Male Head

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).

Male Head

Egyptian Ptolemaic Period

probably 19th or early 20th century

Accession Number

1949.15.1

Medium

black granite

Dimensions

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

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of David Keppel