Limestone head of beardless male votary

Limestone head of beardless male votary

Description:

The lower portion of the face is heavy, the chin juts out. The half-open mouth has a severe expression. The small ears are carefully rendered.


10 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 7 in. (27.6 x 21 x 17.8 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

100 - 60 BC

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. CXL.1046, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1344, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Connelly, Joan. 1988. Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus. no. 47, pp. 80, 97, 113, figs. 149-50, Nicosia, Cyprus: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 407, p. 252, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 139, pp. 128-29, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2790