Boston Green Head
| Boston Green Head | |
|---|---|
 The Boston Green Head in an 1859 engraving | |
| Material | Greywacke |
| Created | 380-332 BC |
| Present location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Identification | 04.1749 |
The Boston Green Head is a greywacke sculptured head of an Egyptian priest from the Late Period of ancient Egypt. The head is dated to 380–332 BC[1] and is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States.
Provenance
The head is believed to have been found in 1858 at the Serapeum of Saqqara.[1] Later Muhammed Said Pasha, a pro-French viceroy of Egypt, gave it to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte.[1]
In 1904, the head was purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from Edward Perry Warren.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Further reading
- Berman, Lawrence M. (2015). The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture. MFA Publications. ISBN 978-0878467969.
- Rowland, Ingrid D. (September 24, 2015). "The Immortal Egyptian Priest". The New York Review of Books. LXII (14): 18, 20.
- von Bothmer, Bernard (1960). Riefstahl, Elizabeth (ed.). Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100. Brooklyn, New York: The brooklyn Museum (reprinted by Arno Press, INC., 1969). pp. 138–140, pls. 100–101.