The standing woman is named philte.
Marble stele grave marker of a woman.
11 185a d f g x date.
11 141 on view in.
Marble stele grave marker of a young girl artist.
11 185a d f g x on view in.
This noble image of a woman brings to mind the philosopher aristotle s description of commonly held beliefs about the dead.
In addition to believing that those who have ended this life are blessed and happy we also think.
84 2 cm stone sculpture.
Marble stele grave marker of a woman.
Only the top right portion of the stele remains.
Marble stele grave marker of a woman mid 4th century b c.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 158.
400 375 b c greek attic marble parian total h.
It was found in acharnai attica greece in 1811 richter 1954 53.
Marble stele grave marker of a youth and little girl with capital and finial in the form of a sphinx artist.
The standing woman is named philte.
Gallery 159 marble stele grave marker of a youth and little girl with capital and finial in the form of a sphinx.
Marble stele grave marker of a youth and a little girl part 3 supported by bloomberg philanthropies due to rights restrictions this image cannot be enlarged viewed at full screen or downloaded.
It can now be found at the.
The stele plural stelae as it is called in an archaeological context is one of the oldest forms of funerary art originally a tombstone was the stone lid of a stone coffin or the coffin itself and a gravestone was the stone slab that was laid over a grave now all three terms are also used for markers placed at the head of the grave.
The stele was kept in england in lowther castle in the collection of the earl of lonsdale richter 1954 53.
400 bce it is made entirely of pentelic marble it stands 1 49m high and 0 92m wide in the form of a naiskos with pilasters and a pediment featuring palmette acroteria the relief currently on display at the national.
Fragments of the marble stele grave marker of a woman holding a baby greek attic classical date ca.
Metropolitan museum of art new york.
The incomplete inscription makes clear that the seated woman is the daughter of a man from the deme political district of sounion in attica.
Marble stele grave marker of a woman mid 4th century b c at the bohemian national cemetery in chicago illinois on a beautiful summer day.
The grave stele of hegeso most likely sculpted by callimachus is renowned as one of the finest attic grave stelae surviving mostly intact today.
This marble stele grave marker of a woman was made in greece in the mid fourth century b c e.
Marble stele grave marker of a woman ca.