Marble head of a bearded man in a crested helmet, weathered, shown against a dark background on a stand.

Marble head of a Greek general

A marble bust of a bearded man wearing a high-crested Attic-style helmet, with curled hair framing the face. The carved features are eroded in places, and the cheeks and brow show pitting and surface loss. The head is shown in three-quarter view on a dark ground.

Look closer: Eroded pitting on the brow and cheek shows the stone's age.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Medium: Marble, Pentelic ?
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2911 × 3880 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 200).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1924

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