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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view02.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view02.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view03.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view03.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view04.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view04.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view05.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view05.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view06.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view06.jpg)

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Head of the Child Horus

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM Marble
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • PERIOD Ptolemaic Period (probably), or later
    DIMENSIONS 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm) H. w/tang: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.83
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION White marble head of the child Horus in the Greek style. Presumably from a statuette. Short curly hair with band around head. Full childish features. Identification based on remains of finger held to mouth. Condition: Surface of head worn. Good workmanship.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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    Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Head of the Child Horus</em>. Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.83_view01.jpg)

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