
Classical
Limestone head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves
Bearded head wearing a frontlet of leaves. Overall: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (31.8 x 24.1 x 22.2 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 475 - 450 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Collection
Provenance
- “From the ruins at Idalium”
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. LXXXII.542, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1288, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 84, p. 91, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2835, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1288
- Hermary 2013, no. 84
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0464. Public domain (CC0).
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