Limestone head of a youth - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a youth

The head is noteworthy for the fillet (band) with elongated pendants that appears above the curls framing his face. Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 in. (19.1 x 14 x 15.2 cm)

Date

499 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2830

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 359, p. 46, pl. X.1, 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. LXXV.480, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1304, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 97, pp. 101-2, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.