Limestone statue of a male votary - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone statue of a male votary

Traces of red still visible on the hair, pupils, lips, sandals, and tunic of this statue allude to the vibrant polychrome treatment it must have exhibited in antiquity. Overall: 29 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (75.6 x 26.7 x 19.7 cm)

Date

199 - 1 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2769

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. CXXXVII.1027, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1192, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 164, p. 145, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.