Standing youth

Standing youth

Description:

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade, flattened, and pared. He stands frontally with his legs apart; a panel of clay connects the legs for support.


H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

299 - 200 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XXXIX.314, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 211, p. 19, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2297, p. 361, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Robinson, David Moore. 1931. Excavations at Olynthus: The Terra-cottas of Olynthus found in 1928, Vol. 4, D.M. Robinson, ed. p. 78, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.Sjöqvist, Erik. 1955. "A Cypriote Temple Attendant." American Journal of Archaeology, 59(1): no. D20, pp. 46-47.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 384, pp. 228, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1743