Grave Stele for a Woman
Artist
Unknown Greek
CultureGreek
Titles
- Grave Stele for a Woman
- Grave Stela for a Woman (fragment)
Date367–334 BC
PlaceGreece
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 17 1/2 × 3 3/4in. (50.8 × 44.5 × 9.5cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.25
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
"Permanent Heritage," at the MFAH, #15.
"Pandora's Box: Women in Classical Greece," The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., November 5, 1995-January 7, 1996; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, February 4-March 31, 1996; Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, April 28-June 23, 1996.
"Coming of Age in Ancient Greec,"Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 23–December 14, 2003; Onassis Cultural Center, New York, January 20–April 15, 2004; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, May 21–August 1, 2004; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, September 14–December 5, 2004.
Published References Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 6. Landay, Janet. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: visitor guide. London: SCALA, 2000. Fig. 1.6. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: a guide to the collection. Houston: The Museum, 1981. No. 15. Neils, Jenifer and John H. Oakley. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Pp. 223, 224. Neils, Jenifer and John H. Oakley. Striving for Excellence: Ancient Greek Childhood and the Olympic Spirit. New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2004. Pg. 28. Reeder, Ellen D. Pandora: women in classical Greece. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery in association with Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J., 1995. Fig. 105, pp. 337-8. Vermeule, Cornelius C. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada. Malibu, Calif.: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1981. p. 108, cat. no. 78.
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