Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Description:

The rounded head, with fine straight locks, is circled by a wreath consisting of two rows of laurel leaves.


H. 9 1/2 x 3 1/16 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 7.8 x 18.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 426 BC

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. LXXV.486, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1313, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 120, pp. 116-17, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2824