Grave Stele with a Banquet Scene
Artist
Unknown Greek
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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[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
Published References 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. Page 34, no. 2, cat. no. 9. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection. Houston: MFAH, 1981. No. 14, pl. 2. Gazette des Beaux Arts, La Chronique des Arts, no. 1249 (Feb, 1973), p.104, fig. 372. Marwitz, Herbert. "Zwei Falschungen?" Archaologischer Anzeiger Heft 4 (1972). Berlin: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co. Page 568, figure 1. CINOA exhibition catalog, "Vereeniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederlands." Amsterdam, 1970. B.S. Ridgway. The Archaic style in Greek Sculpture. Chicago, 1993. Page 267, note 6.63.
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Unknown Greek
390–300 BC
Silver
40.121
Unknown Greek
530–510 BC
Terracotta
80.94
Unknown Greek
325–150 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
37.14