Fragments of the marble stele (grave marker) of a woman holding a baby

Unknown

ca. 400–375 BCE · Marble, Parian · Greek and Roman Art

The well-known grave monument of a woman named Ampharete, which was found in the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens, also shows a seated woman holding a baby. That stele has a rare inscription that sheds light on the meaning of the scene: My daughter's beloved child is the one I hold here, the one that I held on my lap while we looked at the light of the sun when we were alive and that I still hold, now that we are both dead.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 400–375 BCE

Medium

Marble, Parian

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1952