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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view3.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view3.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view2.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view2.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_back.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_back.jpg)

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Fragmentary Face

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM Marble
DATES 145-30 B.C.E.
PERIOD Late Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.88
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 Fragmentary face in yellowish marble, possibly from a statue of Zeus or more probably Serapis. Eyes deeply set under heavy brows. Open mouth with moustache. Fine workmanship. Condition: Very fragmentary and mutilated. Probably reused anciently for another purpose. Oblong socket in center of forehead probably cut when fragment was reused. Nose badly battered.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Graeco-Egyptian. Fragmentary Face, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Fragmentary Face</em>, 145-30 B.C.E. Marble, 5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.8 x 12.2 x 9.8 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, 16.580.88. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.88_view1.jpg)

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