Limestone head of a wreathed youth - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a wreathed youth

The head was part of a full-length figure, probably a votary. In addition to the wreath, the youth is wearing a knotted fillet. Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.6 x 11.4 cm)

Date

499 - 400 BC

Accession No.

41.160.411

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. LXXVIII.501, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 100, p. 104, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.