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)
Date
475 - 450 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2835
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.