Classical
Limestone head of a wreathed youth
The youthful face has a smiling expression with traces of red paint on the lips. Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 6 in. (19.1 x 13.3 x 15.2 cm)
Date
425 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2785
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. CXI.751, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1336, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 151, p. 136, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.