Archaic II
Limestone head of a beardless male with a diadem
Head of a man wearing a frontlet with rosettes. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 14 × 8 1/4 × 9 1/2 in., 31 lb. (35.6 × 21 × 24.1 cm, 14.1 kg)
Date
560 - 540 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2863
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 330, p. 46, pl. IX.4, 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. XIX.32, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1251, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). pl. X.1, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 38, pp. 56-7, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.