Seated limestone kourotrophos - image 1

Classical

Seated limestone kourotrophos

Statue of "nursing mother" seated on a high-backed throne. Overall:H.: 5 x W.:4 1/8 x D.:3 in. (12.7 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm)

Date

450 - 401 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2512

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. LVII.398, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1130, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 218, p. 178, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.