Limestone statuette of a seated beardless male votary writing on a scroll - image 1

Classical

Limestone statuette of a seated beardless male votary writing on a scroll

Poet seated with manuscript and pen in lap. Overall: 12 x 5 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (30.5 x 13.3 x 5.4 cm)

Date

420 - 380 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2695

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.362, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1234, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 181, pp. 156-57, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.