Limestone relief with the figure of a woman

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Not on view

Restituted

This artwork was restituted in August 2025. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.

The figure has been identified as Niobe, who in Greek mythology suffered the loss of all her children when she incurred the displeasure of Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. Niobe thus became a stock figure of bereavement and would have been highly appropriate on a relief from a funerary monument such as this.

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Title: Limestone relief with the figure of a woman
Period: Hellenistic
Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Tarentine
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 12 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 3 5/8in. (31.8 x 25.1 x 9.2cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Linda Heller Kamm Gift, 1999
Object Number: 1999.281
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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