Limestone head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves

Bearded head with wreath of leaves. 13 x 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.0 x 22.2 x 26.7 cm)

Date

450 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2827

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. CV.689, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1309, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 124, pl. XVIII.1, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 88, p. 95, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.