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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Votive Head
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Votive Head

Place CreatedCyprus, Europe
CultureCypriot
PeriodArchaic
Date6th Century BCE
MediumOolitic marl limestone
Credit LineGift in memory of Barbara Norris Dick, Emory B.A. '70, M.A. '80
DimensionsMaximum w/out base: 3 3/4 × 2 × 2 3/8 in. (9.5 × 5.1 × 6 cm) Maximum incl. Base: 7 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (17.8 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm)
Object number2020.003.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 2023 - Present
Published ReferencesA Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Vol. 1 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1885), number 315, plate LIII. (likely)
Handbook No. 3: The Stone Sculptures of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 14, 18, and 19 (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1904), 25, number 325. (likely)
ProvenanceSaid to be from the sanctuary at Golgoi, Cyprus. Ex coll. Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904), New York, New York, collected in Cyprus, ca. 1865-1877. Ex coll. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, New York, purchased 1873-1878. Possibly sold by Met to Mrs. R. Lord, New York, New York, January 1926. Said to be ex coll. Janet Daniels Schenck (1883-1976), New York, New York, purchased from New York art market, 1928. Thence by descent to Josephine C. Whitford (1907-2000), New York, New York, received as a gift from Schenck, 1976. Ex coll. Sara (Sally) Rayburn, United States, received as a gift from Whitford, 1980.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art