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)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 599 - 575 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Kourion
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1444, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Doell 1873, no. 994
- Myres 1914, no. 1474
- Karageorghis 2016, no. 69
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