Archaic II

Terracotta head of a man

The added color, best preserved on the beard, indicates that the head was originally painted, enhancing the sensitive modeling of the face. H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Date

599 - 575 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1444

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus, said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 994, p. 65, pl. XV.12, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XXXV.288, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 266, p. 24, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1474, p. 260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1946. "The Dates and Origins of Cypriote Sculpture." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41. p. 41, pl. 32.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 98, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 69, pp. 69-70, 254, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.