Grave Stele of Kallistrate
Culture: Greek
Period: Classical period
Date: ca. 420-400 B.C.
Place made:Athens, Greece
Medium: Marble
Dimensions:
h. 33 1/4 in. (84.7 cm); w. 13 1/2 in. (34.0 cm); d. 4 in. (10.0 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.8
Inscribed: Inscribed on the architrave: ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΡΑΤΗ ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝΤΟΣ (Kallistrate, daughter of Antiphon).
Provenance: with Frieda Tchacos, Zurich, by 1984; with Holger Termer, Hamburg, 1984-1985 (on consignment from Frieda Tchacos); sold by Holger Termer to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1985; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Exhibition History: "Gilding the Lily: Women's Styles in Ancient Greece and Rome," San Antonio Museum of Art, Feb. 7-Nov. 7, 2004
Published References
C. A. Picón, "Ancient Art from the Denman Collection," San Antonio Museum Association Quarterly (Winter 1987), 16.
C. W. Clairmont, Classical Attic Tombstones (Kilchberg: Akanthus, 1993), no. 2.175, pp. 2.11, 12, 110-111; 5.38, 93.
J. Bodel and S. Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist (Rome: American Academy in Rome, 1997), 215.
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 38.
Label Text
The two figures on this grave stele clasp hands in a gesture of farewell. The Greek inscription names the woman, Kallistrate, as the deceased and identifies her as the wife or daughter of Antiphon. (Jessica Powers 2008)
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