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Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Title: Grave Stele of Philoxenos with his Wife, Philoumene
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Place: Greece (Attica) (Place created)
Date: about 400 B.C.
Medium: Marble
Object Number: 83.AA.378
Dimensions: 102.2 × 44.5 × 16.5 cm (40 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscription: Inscription: Names of Philoxenos and Philoumene in Greek.
Alternate Titles: Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene (Display Title)
Object Type: Relief
Philoxenos, wearing the armor of a warrior, tands before his wife Philomene, clasping her hand, on this stele (gravestone) from Athens. The figures were originally elaborated with painted details. A Greek inscription engraved above them identifies the couple. The handshake motif, or dexiosis, was a symbolic gesture that could represent a simple farewell, a reunion in the afterlife, or an ongoing connection between the deceased and the living.
It is often difficult to tell which figure represents the deceased on grave markers of the late 400s B.C. The living rarely display sorrow or grief. Instead, their calm, expressionless faces reproduce the idealized features and detachment that prevailed in the sculptural style of Athens at this time. Philoxenos, here represented as a soldier, probably distinguished himself in combat.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10752/unknown-maker-grave-stele-of-philoxenos-with-his-wife-philoumene-greek-attic-about-400-bc
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Place: Greece (Attica) (Place created)
Date: about 400 B.C.
Medium: Marble
Object Number: 83.AA.378
Dimensions: 102.2 × 44.5 × 16.5 cm (40 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscription: Inscription: Names of Philoxenos and Philoumene in Greek.
Alternate Titles: Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene (Display Title)
Object Type: Relief
Philoxenos, wearing the armor of a warrior, tands before his wife Philomene, clasping her hand, on this stele (gravestone) from Athens. The figures were originally elaborated with painted details. A Greek inscription engraved above them identifies the couple. The handshake motif, or dexiosis, was a symbolic gesture that could represent a simple farewell, a reunion in the afterlife, or an ongoing connection between the deceased and the living.
It is often difficult to tell which figure represents the deceased on grave markers of the late 400s B.C. The living rarely display sorrow or grief. Instead, their calm, expressionless faces reproduce the idealized features and detachment that prevailed in the sculptural style of Athens at this time. Philoxenos, here represented as a soldier, probably distinguished himself in combat.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10752/unknown-maker-grave-stele-of-philoxenos-with-his-wife-philoumene-greek-attic-about-400-bc
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