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title: Marble Head of a Philosopher
author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12885/marble-head-of-a-philosopher/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Marble Head of a Philosopher
_Authored by Metropolitan Museum of Art_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12885.jpg)
## Image Caption
1st- or 2nd-century CE [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) copy of a [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) statue of the last quarter of the 3rd century BCE. There are striking similarities between this head and portraits of [Aristotle](https://www.worldhistory.org/aristotle/) (384–322 BCE), but the identity of this man remains unknown.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Art, M. M. o. (2020, October 13). Marble Head of a Philosopher. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Marble Head of a Philosopher." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 13, 2020. .
### MLA
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Marble Head of a Philosopher." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Oct 2020, .
## License & Copyright
© [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://metmuseum.org/), NY. As part of the [Met's Open Access policy](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access), the Metropolitan Museum of Art has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset. [Original image](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/252887) by [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/252887). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 13 October 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.