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Marble grave of a young woman

Marble grave of a young woman





Artist : Anonymous

Date : approx. between 400 and 390 B.C.

Material : Marble
Acquisition : Fletcher Fund (1936)
Item 7 on 19
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture

Area related
Attique (Greece)

Description   

The young woman leans against the framing pilaster of her grave stone in a pose that may have been inspired by a famous contemporary statue of Aphrodite. The little girl holds a jewel box and may have be a younger sister of the deceased or a household slave.
Marble grave of a young woman
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