Classical

Limestone head of a man

This work exemplifies the Hellenization of the Assyrian type of head. The treatment of the beard, though still stylized, has become considerably softer; hair and a wreath of leaves replace the helmet; and most of all, the sensuous lips are integrated into a finely articulated physiognomy. Overall: 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 21 x 25.4 cm)

Date

499 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2841

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 141, London: John Murray.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. LXXII.470, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. p. 591, fig. 404, Paris: Hachette.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1286, 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. 186, p. 120, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Counts, Derek B. 2011. "Local Styles and Regional Trends in Cypriot Limestone Sculpture." Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 65, Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias, and Derek B. Counts, eds. p. 157, fig. 11.9, Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 83, pp. 90-1, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.