Cypriot Limestone Head of a Man in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Limestone head of a man

Medium; Technique: Limestone

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Archaic

Date: early 5th century B.C.

Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 21 x 25.4 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.2841

Description:

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.

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