Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a nursing mother
The type of the kourotrophos is common in Cypriot stone and terracotta sculpture. The woman sits on a high-backed throne and holds the well-swaddled child on her lap. H.: 7 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (17.8 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm)
Date
550 - 525 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2526
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
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. XXXVIII.247, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1124, p. 180, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Reinach, Salomon. 1924. "Deux mille trois cent quatre-vingt statues." Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Vol. 5, pt. 2, 2nd edn. p.115, n.3, Paris: E. Leroux.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41: p. 66.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 217, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 214, p. 177, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.