Head of a colossal male statue with full beard and wearing a conical cap with earflaps folded up
Datelate 7th–early 6th century BCE
Periodlate Archaic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red and black 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), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1920
On View
Not on viewHeight: 24.0 in. (61 cm)
Width: 12.0 in. (30.5 cm)
Thickness: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Face
Width (cheek to cheek): 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Stone: 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 6/4 (pale red) at lips; N 4/ (dark gray) on helmet, 10R 4/1 (dark reddish gray) at mustache
Inclusions
n.a.
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
first half of the 6th century BCE
early 5th century BCE
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
late 4th–3rd century BCE
early to mid-6th century BCE
950-850 BC
second half of the 4th century BCE
late 6th–early 5th century BCE