Limestone head of a beardless male with a diadem - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone head of a beardless male with a diadem

Under lifesize head of a youth wearing a cap. Overall: 7 × 4 3/8 × 4 in. (17.8 × 11.1 × 10.2 cm)

Date

575 - 550 BC

Accession No.

41.160.410

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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. LII.309, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 34, pp. 54-5, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.