Limestone head of a bearded male wearing a conical helmet
Unknown
6th–5th century BCE · Limestone · Greek and Roman Art
The beard, broken around the lower edge, is divided into rows of large curled strands. He has a smiling curved mouth, a pointed nose with hollowed nostrils, wide-open eyes with almost flat eyeballs and delicate eyelids, thick, high-set eyebrows, and well-defined ears. A row of curled locks projects below the helmet. The surface is covered with diamond-shaped lozenges.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 6th–5th century BCE
- Medium
- Limestone
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
