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

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

Description:

Male figure with long hair, frontlet of leaves and a branch with leaves in right hand.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 24 × 13 1/8 × 6 1/2 in., 43 lb. (61 × 33.3 × 16.5 cm, 19.5 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 525 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 78, p. 24, pl. III.7, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LXVII.446, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1062, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 187, pp. 120-21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 93, p. 99, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sørensen, Lone Wriedt. 2017. "True to type? Archaic Cypriot male statues made of limestone." Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens, VIII. pp. 62-63, 69, fig. 3, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Accession Number:

74.51.2646