Grave Stele for a Woman

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
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
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.

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