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Young man with leaf wreath, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Young man with leaf wreath, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 550–500 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, I 1607.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Archaic II

Young man with leaf wreath

Young man with leaf wreath The head belongs to the one since the end of the 6th century BC.BC known statue typus of a wreathed man, from whom numerous - small -format to survival -sized - copies are preserved.A round, full face shape with a low forehead, straight nose and slightly protruded chin is characteristic here.The almond -shaped eyes are flat, the brow arches are plastically specified.The slightly smiling mouth is closed.Spiral locks frame the face;Above it is a headband that consists of heavily stylized laurel leaves.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 16 cm

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
probablyStoneLimestone
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
550 - 500 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Oestr.Museum Vienna;1873 by Graf, Emanuel, Ludolf, Vienna, bought;1940 takeover;1941 inventorized

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, I 1607, Vienna Museum

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