Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper) - image 1

Archaic II

Fragment of a limestone statue of a male votary (worshipper)

The fragment comes from an over-life-sized statue. Preserved are traces of the figure's navel and part of his belt, decorated in low relief. The subject is Herakles in combat with the lion, between oriental vegetation. Overall: 6 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (16.8 x 18.4 x 3.2 cm)

Date

599 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2594

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. XXVII.90, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1371, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Tatton-Brown, Veronica. 1984. "Sculptors at Golgoi." Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus (RDAC) p. 173, n. 33.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 32, p. 348, pls. 8.3, 29, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 44, pp. 59, 62, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.