Archaic II

Limestone male figure

It is possible that the head and body did not originally belong to the same work. The articulation of each part, however, testifies to the first influences of Greek sculpture on that of Cyprus. In contrast to the monumental head, 74.51.2857, all details of this figure's head are executed in great detail. The smiling lips, moreover, animate the musculature of the whole face. The arms at the sides recall the Greek kouroi, and the differentiation of the undergarment and cloak show an awareness of three-dimensional texture as opposed to two-dimensional patterning. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 75 1/2 in. (191.8 cm) Width: 24 × 14 in. (61 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 525 - 500 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Golgoi

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 29, p. 15, pl. I.2, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 143, London: John Murray.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. LX.407, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. p. 513, fig. 350, Paris: Hachette.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1352, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 173, p. 110, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 12, pp. 28, 36-37, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sørensen, Lone Wriedt. 2017. "True to type? Archaic Cypriot male statues made of limestone." Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens, VIII. pp. 61-62, fig. 2, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.2460, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Doell 1873, no. 29
Myres 1914, no. 1352
Karageorghis 2000, no. 173
Hermary 2013, no. 12

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Csn0488Limestone Neo-Cypriote object, Me.tropolitan Museum 1352

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0488. Public domain (CC0).

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