036. Grave Stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 BCE Marble and Paint.

Form

-Jewelry painted in, not visible -Medium relief -Wet drapery

Content

--Genre scene: women examining a piece of jewelry from a jewelry box handed to her by a standing servant; may represent her dowry -Artist -> attributed to the sculpture is Kallimachos -Commemorates the death of Hegeso; inscription identifies and her father

Function

-Archaic Greeks used Kouroi or stelae; this is a classical work

Context

Context

Additional Information

--In the Dipylon cemetery in Athens -410 BCE: end of fifth century BCE -She does not touch the ground; her foot is on a pedestal