Limestone statuette of beardless male votary in Greek dress - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of beardless male votary in Greek dress

The lower portion of the legs is missing. The left leg is advanced and both arms are held to the sides of the body, with hands closed. The figure is dressed in a short-sleeved chiton, with a fold on the left hip and a flat fold between the legs. A himation, painted red, is draped over the left shoulder. H.: 7 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (17.8 x 7.9 x 3.8 cm)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2621

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. XX.40, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1065, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hadjisavvas, Sophocles. 2003. From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 years of Cypriot Hellenism, Treasures from the Museums of Cyprus no. 56, p. 103, New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), Inc.Hermary, Antoine. 2009. "Ionian styles in Cypriote sculpture of the sixth century BC." Cyprus and the East Aegean: Intercultural Contacts from 3000 to 500 BC. An International Archaeological Symposium held at Pythagoreion, Samos, October 17th - 18th 2008, Prof. Vassos Karageorghis and Ourania Kouka, eds. pp. 246, 250, fig. 8, Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 67, pp. 72, 79, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.