Marble funerary lekythos of Aristomache

Unknown

ca. 375–350 BCE · Marble, Pentelic · Greek and Roman Art

Marble funerary lekythos of Aristomache — Unknown

Inscribed above the large standing figures, from left to right, Stratokleia Aiolos Aristomache Axiomache; below the seated woman, Leonike Restored foot, mouth, and most of neck and handle The deceased is presumably Aristomache, standing before her parents. She clasps the hand of her seated mother, while her father gestures to her. The group is flanked by two other female members of the family and two small servants.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 375–350 BCE
Medium
Marble, Pentelic
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1949

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