Detaill of a Cypriot Limestone Funerary Monument with a Youth and a Horse in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Limestone funerary monument with a youth and his horse

Medium; Technique: Limestone

Culture: Roman, Cypriot

Period: Early Imperial

Date: early 1st century A.D.

Dimensions: Overall: 51 x 30 in. (129.5 x 76.2 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

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

Accession Number: 74.51.2488

On View


Description:

The architectural frame and the frontal pose of the youth are typical of a small group of grave monuments found on Cyprus that probably date to the early years of the Roman Empire.

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