Hellenistic

Limestone head of beardless male votary with wreath of leaves

The head was probably turned toward its left. The youthful-looking face has a smiling expression. The thin nose is pointed, the eyes asymmetrical. Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 x 9 in. (29.2 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm)

Date

199 - 100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2803

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. CXXXIX.1042, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1346, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Connelly, Joan. 1988. Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus. no. 44, pp. 82, 95, 113, figs. 141-42, Nicosia, Cyprus: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 405, p. 250, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 137, p. 127, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.