Head of Bearded Banqueter (525–500 BCE): Art, History and Details

Head of Bearded Banqueter (525–500 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This terracotta head of a man features wide, almond-shaped eyes and a serene smile beneath a long mustache. The man has a long beard and wears a wreath with leaves protruding above and below a string of fruit or beads. His head is covered by a pointed cap. This fragment probably belonged to a figure of a banqueter, or perhaps even Dionysos, the god of wine.

Object facts

• Title: Head of Bearded Banqueter
• Date: 525–500 BCE
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: terracotta
• Dimensions: Overall: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.)
• Collection: GR - Greek
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1951.27

A detail from the museum

Wreaths were often worn during Greek symposia (banquets).

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

View the collection record

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