Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.7 x 14 cm)

Date

475 - 451 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2682

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. CXI.762, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1079, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 114, p. 114, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.