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© Bruce M. White, 2018.
Relief of Odysseus
© Bruce M. White, 2018.
© Bruce M. White, 2018.
© Bruce M. White, 2018.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Relief of Odysseus

AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Techniquereliefs (sculptures)
Place CreatedCyclades, Greece, Europe
CultureGreek
Date5th Century BCE
Credit LineGift of Sybil and Ed Ralston, Andrés Mata Osorio, and Judy and Michael Steinhardt
Dimensions4 5/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (11.7 x 6.8 x 1 cm)
Object number2016.038.001
Published ReferencesHotel Drouot, Paris, Collection H. Hoffmann. Antiquites: objets egyptiens, vases peints, terres cuites, verrerie, bronzes, bijoux, sculptures en marbre (15 Mai 1899), 43-44, number 129.
Paul Jacobsthal, Die Melischen Reliefs (Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Keller, 1931), 94 Cc.
Brian B. Shefton, "Odysseus and Bellerophon Reliefs," Bulletin de correspondance hellenique 82 (1958): 27-46.
James Chesterman, "A Melian Relief Rediscovered," Oxford Journal of Archaeology 6 (November 1987): 361-67.
James Chesterman, "A Melian Relief Rediscovered," Ancient 25 (July/August 1991): 7-10.
Florian Stilp, Die Jacobsthal-reliefs: Konturierte tonreliefs aus dem Griechenland der Fruhklassik (Roma: Giorgio Bretschneider, 2006), 203, kat. 70, taf. XXX and LXVIII.
Bonhams London, Antiquities (30 November 2016), 18, lot 21.
ProvenanceEx coll. Henri Hoffmann (1823-1897), Pairs, France. With Hotel Drouot, Paris, France, May 15, 1899, number 129. Paris art market, December 1955. Ex coll. James Chesterman (1926-2014), Cambridge, England, purchased from Galerie Krimitsas, Paris, France, September 1985. Purchased by MCCM from Bonhams London, November 30, 2016, lot 21.
Status
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Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art