Limestone male figure, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Limestone male figure

The youth belongs to the same type as 74.51.2479. His garments differ slightly in that the loincloth is worn under a short kilt that is knotted at the waist. 36 1/2 × 16 × 6 1/2 in., 137 lb. (92.7 × 40.6 × 16.5 cm, 62.1 kg)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2473

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 67, p. 22, pl. III.9, 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. XI.13, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. p. 544, fig. 371, Paris: Hachette.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1256, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 170, pp. 106-7, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 37, pp. 48, 56, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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