Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Greek dress - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Greek dress

Male figure with hair in short curls and well-modelled drapery. Overall: 14 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (37.8 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm)

Date

580 - 501 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2575

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. LIV.350, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1063, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 73, p. 82, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.