Archaic II
Limestone bust of a lyre-player
Egyptianizing influence is evident in the wig and stiff pose. At the top of the lyre is a head of a griffin. This figure may have formed a pair with the flute player 74.51.2517. Both representations originally would have been full-length. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 18 × 9 × 11 3/4 in., 37 lb. (45.7 × 22.9 × 29.8 cm)
Date
575 - 550 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2509
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the temple”
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. XII.14, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1265, 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. 198, p. 132, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 123, p. 147, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 232, p. 187, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.