Limestone statue of a male votary wearing a wreath and long tunic

Limestone statue of a male votary wearing a wreath and long tunic

Description:

His feet are missing, but it is clear that his left leg is advanced forward. He stands draped in a tunic with shallow vertical folds. It stretches tightly around his body, arms and legs. Over the tunic is what appears to be an outer tunic that falls to the waist. There are red bands near the border of the neckline.


H. 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5)

Period:

Classical

Date:

425 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 114, p. 30, pl. V.12, 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. CIII.677, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1308, 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. 339, pp. 210-1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 113, pp. 112-13, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2482