Unknown Greek
Grave Stele with a Banquet Scene

CultureGreek
Titles
  • Grave Stele with a Banquet Scene
  • Relief of a Symposium Scene
Date500-401 BC
MediumMarble
Dimensions24 × 21 7/16 × 3 3/4 in. (61 × 54.5 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number72.25
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceHelene Gorchakov, Villa Siracusa, Sorrento, before 1914 [1]; […]; [Heinz Herzer & Co. (a.k.a. Antiken, or Artemis S.A.), Munich, by 1965] [2]; purchased by MFAH, 1972.

[1] Letter from François Heim, Heim Gallery, London and Paris, to Heinz Herzer dated 12/8/1966.
[2] Letter from Mogens Gjødesen, Director of the Ny Karlsberg Glyptotek, to Dr. Kent Sobotik, Chief Curator, MFAH, dated 11/12/1973.
[2] Letter from Mogens Gjødesen, Director of the Ny Karlsberg Glyptotek, to Dr. Kent Sobotik, Chief Curator, MFAH, dated 11/12/1973.
Exhibition History"A Permanent Heritage", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oct. 23–Jan. 4, 1981

"Vereeniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederlands", Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, 1970

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