The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Fragment of a marble grave stele of a woman

Art Object

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Fragment of a marble grave stele of a woman

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 400–390 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Marble, Pentelic
Dimensions:: H. 26 7/8 in. (68.2 cm)
Classification:: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1930
Accession Number:: 30.11.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 156

Description

Inscribed on the architrave "the daughter of [ ] omenes"

The regular features and simplified planes of this face impart a quiet dignity and serenity that are hallmarks of high classical art.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed on the epistyle: "The daughter of [...]omenes"
References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1930. "The Landsowne Stele." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 25(10): pp. 209, 218-19.
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