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Funeral Relief of a Playwright and His Family

Funeral Relief of a Playwright and His Family

SculptureRoman1st-2nd century CE

Funeral Relief of a Playwright and His Family

1st-2nd century CE

Description

Mimicking architectural forms, the pointed top of this stele is in the shape of an aedicula or naiskos with a theater mask at the center of the pediment. In main field are three figures: a woman, child, and man. On the left, the woman sits on a cushioned chair and rests her feet on a stool. She raises the left edge of her veil. A child stands in the center, facing forward and draped in a floor-length himation. At the right and facing the woman, is a man who looks up towards the theater mask in his raised right hand. A scroll is in his left hand. Beneath the figural scene is a badly damaged inscription.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Pentelic (?) marble

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Century

1st-2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

56.5 cm h x 32.5 cm w x 8 cm d (22 1/4 x 12 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

David M. Robinson (by 1960), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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