[1][2] The bust is an acrolith, a composite of many different materials, and is attributed to the sculptor Damophon, who was prominent in the Peloponnese in the early portion of the 2nd century B.C.

[3][4][5] Discovered in excavations in the Summer of 1889, the bust is currently housed at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens under the designation NAMA 1735.

[2][6] The 1889 excavations of the Temple of Desponia unveiled the statue along with the accompanying sculpture fragments of Demeter, Despoina, and Anytos helmed by M. Cavvadias.

Pausanias noted that Artemis would be standing besides that of Desponia and Demeter, both of whose fragments also reside at the National Archaeological Museum.

[1][8][9] As an acrolith, Pausanias documented Damophon's sculptures and other pieces within the Peloponnese that had marble heads, hands, and feet, but with the body being made of wood.