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 votary with frontlet and cloak falling from left shoulder under right arm. Overall: 20 x 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (50.8 x 14.3 x 8.3 cm)

Date

570 - 530 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2513

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 3, p. 16, pl. I.10, 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. XXXI.204, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1055, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 66, p. 78, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.