Fragment of a limestone group of wrestlers - image 1

Archaic II

Fragment of a limestone group of wrestlers

The figure, whose short torso is painted red, leans forward, with his weight on his advanced left leg. Overall: 7 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (17.8 x 9.8 x 8.3 cm)

Date

600 - 501 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2565

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From 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. LVII.364, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1032, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 276, p. 214, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.