Male statue head wearing a wreath of leaves
Date3rd–1st century BCE
PeriodHellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1733
On View
Not on viewHeight: 7.0 in. (17.75 cm)
Width (at forehead): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Thickness: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Base
Width: 3 7/16 in. (8.75 cm)
Thickness: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Face
Height: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Width (at ears): 5.0 in. (12.7 cm)
Width (at cheeks): 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Stone: 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 6/4 (pale red)
Inclusions
n/a
second half of the 4th century BCE
second half of the 5th century BCE
5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
5th century BCE
late 4th century BCE
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
2nd century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
late 4th-1st century BCE
