ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Grave Stele of an Athlete

AAT Object Form/Functionstelae

AAT Object Form/Functionfunerary sculpture

AAT Object Techniquereliefs (sculptures)

CultureGreek, perhaps Cycladic

PeriodClassical

Dateca. 470-450 BCE

MediumMarble (Paros 2)

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions27 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (69.2 x 49.5 x 11.1 cm)

Object number2003.004.001

Label TextThe stele is carved in relief with a nude, muscular youth in right profile. He wears a fillet over his short, curly hair, and carries a strigil in his right hand, displaying the blade against his left. The proper left side of the stele is engraved in Greek with an inscription, added later (perhaps 3rd century B.C.): "To be a memorial to you in your prime, Glaukotas, your mother dedicated me."

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, March - May 2003.
MCCM Newsletter, September - October 2004.
Jasper Gaunt, Veranda (March-April 2005): 126.
Louise Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), 131.

ProvenanceSaid to be ex private collection, Ireland. Ex private collection, acquired from K. John Hewett (1919-1994), London, England, ca. 1958-1959. Purchased by MCCM from Robert Hecht (1919-2012) [Robert Hecht Gallery], New York, New York.

Inscribed"To be a memorial to you in your prime, Glaukotas, your mother dedicated me."

Status

On view

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