Limestone statuette of Artemis with a fawn - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone statuette of Artemis with a fawn

Figure with fawn at her side. Overall: 25 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 4 in. (63.8 x 22.2 x 10.2 cm)

Date

325 - 100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2739

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the sanctuary of Pyla

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. CXVII.854, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1242, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Miho Museum and Mr. Hajime Inagaki. 2007. Archaic Smile. no. 26, p. 83, Tokyo: Miho Museum.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 363, p. 268, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.