Limestone temple boy
Description: | Creeping figure holding tortoise. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 13 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 7 3/8 in., 26 lb. (35.2 × 44.5 × 18.7 cm, 11.8 kg) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 450 - 400 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus“Found in the ruins of a temple at Curium” |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXXI.978, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1212, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 426, p. 262, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 264, p. 207, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2784 |