Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Bearded Banqueter

Date

525–500 BCE

Medium

terracotta

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. Wreaths were often worn during Greek symposia (banquets).

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