Grave stele
Attic.Marble.
Ca. 3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE. Inv. Nos. ex L.64.81 / ex L.1988.81.6.Sotheby’s Auction House, New York
Grave stele.
Attic.
Marble.
Ca. 3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE.
Marble.
Ca. 3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.64.81 / ex L.1988.81.6.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
Private collection, England.
Origin:
Michael Melas, found on his property in Athens on June 27th, 1877.
English private collection (Sotheby’s, London, October 19th, 1964, no. 167, illus., sold to Spink & Son, Ltd., London).
Sotheby’s, New York, June 7th, 2012, Lot 11. Estimate:300,000 — 500,000 USD. Price realized: 902,500 USD.
Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. nos. L.64.81 and L.1988.81.6), from 1964 to 2011.
English private collection (Sotheby’s, London, October 19th, 1964, no. 167, illus., sold to Spink & Son, Ltd., London).
Sotheby’s, New York, June 7th, 2012, Lot 11. Estimate:
Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. nos. L.64.81 and L.1988.81.6), from 1964 to 2011.
Description:
A Greek marble grave stele
carved in high relief with the Boeotian youth Onatoridas standing in three-quarter view to left, his small dog jumping up towards a dove held in his extended right hand, and wearing soft shoes and an himation falling from his left shoulder and covering the left arm and hand, his thick wavy hair surmounted by a stephane, the stele crowned by a low pediment with central akroterion flanked by fragmentary lateral akroteriae, the inscription Onatoridas the Boeotian carved on the architrave; faint traces of blue and red pigment.Literature:
Parnassos, vol. I, 1877, p. 715.
Revue archéologique, N. S., 1878, p. 57.
Alexander Conze, Die attischen Grabreliefs, vol. II, I, Berlin, 1900, p. 207, no. 963, pl. CXCII.
Country Life, vol. 136, 1964, p. 1268.
B. F. Cook, “An Attic Grave Stele in New York”, Antike Plastik, vol. 9, 1969, p. 65, no. 4.
Christiane Vorster, Griechische Kinderstatuen, doct. diss., Bonn, 1983, pp. 19 f.
Hilde Rühfel, Das Kind in der griechischen Kunst, Mainz, 1984, p. 168.
Konstantin Yfantidis, Die Polychromie der hellenistischen Plastik, doct. diss., Mainz, 1984, pp. 18 f., cat. no. 14.
Daphné Woysch-Méautis, La représentation des animaux et des êtres fabuleux sur les monuments funéraires grecs de l’époque archaïque à la fin du IVe siècle av. J. C., Lausanne, 1982, no. 159, pl. 26.
Olga Hirsch-Dyczek, Les représentations des enfants sur les stèles funéraires attiques, Warsaw, 1983, p. 37.
Christopher Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones, vol. I, Kilchberg, 1993, pp. 173—174, no. 0.849, illus.
Revue archéologique, N. S., 1878, p. 57.
Alexander Conze, Die attischen Grabreliefs, vol. II, I, Berlin, 1900, p. 207, no. 963, pl. CXCII.
Country Life, vol. 136, 1964, p. 1268.
B. F. Cook, “An Attic Grave Stele in New York”, Antike Plastik, vol. 9, 1969, p. 65, no. 4.
Christiane Vorster, Griechische Kinderstatuen, doct. diss., Bonn, 1983, pp. 19 f.
Hilde Rühfel, Das Kind in der griechischen Kunst, Mainz, 1984, p. 168.
Konstantin Yfantidis, Die Polychromie der hellenistischen Plastik, doct. diss., Mainz, 1984, pp. 18 f., cat. no. 14.
Daphné Woysch-Méautis, La représentation des animaux et des êtres fabuleux sur les monuments funéraires grecs de l’époque archaïque à la fin du IVe siècle av. J. C., Lausanne, 1982, no. 159, pl. 26.
Olga Hirsch-Dyczek, Les représentations des enfants sur les stèles funéraires attiques, Warsaw, 1983, p. 37.
Christopher Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones, vol. I, Kilchberg, 1993, pp. 173—
Credits:
© 2012. Photo, text: Sotheby’s Auction House (Antiquities, 07 June 2012, Lot 11>).
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur greek greca greco greche griechische griechisches grecque grecquesё κηδεία funeral funeraria begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire tombstone gravestone lapide monumento sepolcrale grabstein pierre tombale στήλη stela stele grave grabstele stèle ανακούφιση relief rilievo marble marmo marmor marbre μάρμαρο male dress clothes clothing garment abbigliamento maschile herrenbekleidung vêtements pour hommes ανδρικά ρούχα youth young man giovane junge adolescent νεαρός attic attico attisches attischen attischer attique αττική dove doves colomba colombo colombi piccione piccioni taube tauben colombe colombes pigeon pigeons columba columbæ columbae περιστέρι περιστέρια crown krone couronne corona stephane στέφανος στεφάνη dog cane hund chien σκυλί acroterion acroterio akroterion acrotère acroterium akroteria onatoridas boeotian inv no ex l 64 81 1988 6
