Upper part of a male votive statue, Archaic II Cypriot
Upper part of a male votive statue, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 550–500 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, I 623.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Archaic II

Upper part of a male votive statue

Upper part of a male votive statue above a standing young man in the Kuros-Scheme.Wide, meaty face with narrow, almond -shaped eyes, brewed brewed, strong chin;The corners of the mouth are slightly raised to the so -called archaic smile.The (originally painted?) Hair is carried out on the dumplings as a closed mass and falls down in the back.Three curls each are down on the chest behind the ears.In the hair a leaf wreath with a corded band and opposite leaves that change the direction above the center of the forehead.In the right ear an earring with eight -leaf rosette.The robe consists of a short -sleeved underneath, which is visible on the neckline and the left upper arm, and from a coat cloth, which is attached on the left shoulder and laid around the fuselage under the right breast.The flat back is neglected in the execution, partly chipped.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 50 cm

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
Stone
Date
550 - 500 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Provenance

  • Millosicz, Georg von, Vienna;1889 gift

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, I 623, Vienna Museum

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