Archaic II
Limestone plinth with the feet of a colossal male statue
The feet stand on a remarkably thin plinth, the left advanced. The right foot is of a piece with what appears to be some kind of support. The toes are very long and there is considerable separation between them. 13 1/8 × 18 × 25 in., 91 lb. (33.3 × 45.7 × 63.5 cm, 41.3 kg)
Date
560 - 501 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2683
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From the Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios, Cyprus, “on the field West of the temple” In March-April 1870, found in Golgoi; until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.
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. LXXXV.554, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1257a, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 174, p. 152, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bayer, Andrea and Laura D. Corey. 2020. Making the Met, 1870-2020 p. 246, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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