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), 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 numberSN28.1714
On View
Not on viewHeight: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Thickness: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Width: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Face
Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
second half of the 4th century BCE
second half of the 5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
5th century BCE
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
late 4th century BCE
50 B.C.- 150 A.D.
early 5th century BCE
5th century BCE
late 4th-1st century BCE
2nd century BCE