Limestone statue of a bearded warrior
Description: | The figure is exceptional for the specificity of the characterization . It may have been dedicated by a ruler or warrior at the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates at Kourion. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 16 × 8 3/4 × 3 1/2 in., 10.5 lb. (40.6 × 22.2 × 8.9 cm, 4.8 kg) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 330 - 250 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates |
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. CXVI.840, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1236, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hadjisavvas, Sophocles. 2003. From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 years of Cypriot Hellenism, Treasures from the Museums of Cyprus no. 76, p. 133, New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), Inc.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 182, p. 157, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Casagrande-Kim, Roberta. 2018. Romance and Reason : Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past. no. 8, p. 122, New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2740 |