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Head of a woman from a grave stele
Head of a woman from a grave stele

Head of a woman from a grave stele

Date350 - 325 B.C.
Maker Greek, Athens
Object number60.60
ProvenanceGalerie Segredakis, Paris, Pre-1939; Purchased in Athens before the 1939 war by the uncle of the gallery director (N. Koutoulakis) This history provided in November 6, 1951 letter from N. Koutoulakis to Norman Davis, November 6,1951; Gifted to SAM February 10, 1960 by Norman Davis in memory of his mother, Mrs. Annie Davis
Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly 23, no. 3 (Autumn, 1960): page 304. Seattle Art Museum Guild Engagement Book, Nov. 25, 1962. Bliquez, Lawrence. "Ancient Art of the Mediterranean and the Near East." In Selected Works, pp. 26-28. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1991; p. 27, reproduced (as Head of a Woman from Tomb Monument). Liberal Education (November/December 1992) Bergemann, Johannes. Demos und Thanatos, Untersuchungen Zum Wertsystem Der Polis im Spiegel der Attischen Grabreliefs des 4. Jahrunderts v.ch und Funktion der Gleichzeitigen Grabbauten. Munich: Biering und Brinkmann, 1997. Bergemann, Johannes. "Ein ungewoehnlicher Grabreliefkopf con einem attischen Grabnaiskos in New York und seine Herkunft." Archaeological Anzeiger (1997).
Credit LineGift of Norman Davis in memory of his mother, Mrs. Annie Davis
Dimensions10 x 8 13/16 x 6 in. (25.4 x 22.4 x 15.2 cm)
MediumMarble
Grave marker In shape of a lekythos (oil or perfume container): Nikokles and Autokrates standing next to their seated sister Aristonike
Grave marker In shape of a lekythos (oil or perfume container): Nikokles and Autokrates standing next to their seated sister Aristonike
Greek, Athens
350 - 323 B.C.
Object number: 55.204
Attic tetradrachm with head of Athena (obv.) and owl (rev.)
Attic tetradrachm with head of Athena (obv.) and owl (rev.)
Greek, Athens
479 - 400 B.C.
Object number: 56.208
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Attic tetradrachm
Athens, Greece
500 B.C.-479 B.C.
Object number: 64.197
Photo: Paul Macapia
Head of a Greek Woman
Greek
3rd-2nd century B.C.
Object number: 48.81
Bust of Child
Bust of Child
Greek
ca. 2nd century B.C.
Object number: 45.10
Torso of Aphrodite
Torso of Aphrodite
Greek
2nd century B.C.
Object number: 70.106
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bust of an agonized man (possibly Laocoön)
Greek
2nd century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Object number: 48.188
Aphrodite torso
Greek, Rhodes
2nd century B.C.
Object number: 40.92
Portrait head of a young woman
Portrait head of a young woman
Roman
1st-2nd century
Object number: 59.98
Photo: Susan Cole
Head of a woman (Arsinoe II or Arsinoe III)
Egyptian, Alexandria
3rd century B.C.
Object number: 50.42
Head of Pan, Replica of Poylcleitan Paniscus (small Pan)
Head of Pan, Replica of Poylcleitan Paniscus (small Pan)
Roman
Object number: 71.1
Photo: Paul Macapia
Posthumous portrait head of the Emperor Claudius
Roman
54 - 68 A.D.
Object number: 93.6