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<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)
Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)
<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)

Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegD_print.bw.jpg)

Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegD_print.bw.jpg)

<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegC_print.bw.jpg)

Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegC_print.bw.jpg)

<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegB_print.bw.jpg)

Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegB_print.bw.jpg)

<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegA_print.bw.jpg)

Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_NegA_print.bw.jpg)

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Sculptor's Model of a Female Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Plaster
DATES 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.
PERIOD Late Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.49
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 Small sculptor’s model of a female head in plaster. The face is of conventional type with full chin and sensuous lips. The headdress is of an earlier Egyptian type. Probably of Roman period – certainly no earlier than the Greek period. From the evidence of the surface the piece would appear to have been cast. Condition: Nose chipped, surface slightly weathered, various minor chips.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Sculptor's Model of a Female Head, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)
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<em>Sculptor's Model of a Female Head</em>, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E. Plaster, 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (11.5 x 8.4 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, 16.49. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.49_negA_bw.jpg)

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