Lot Essay
Said to be from the temple to Apollo at Pyla.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES NOYES DE FOREST
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF ARTEMIS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF ARTEMIS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With wavy hair parted in the center and pulled back over her headband into a long chignon, adorned with earrings, the top of her quiver visible over her proper right shoulder, traces of red pigment preserved in her eyes, lips and hair
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With wavy hair parted in the center and pulled back over her headband into a long chignon, adorned with earrings, the top of her quiver visible over her proper right shoulder, traces of red pigment preserved in her eyes, lips and hair
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired 1873-1878.
Collection of Charles Noyes de Forest (d. 1929).
By descent to the current owner.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired 1873-1878.
Collection of Charles Noyes de Forest (d. 1929).
By descent to the current owner.
Literature
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Stone Sculpture of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 14, 18 and 19, New York, 1904, no. 887, pp. 61-62.