Marble statue of a woman

Greek, Attic

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153

This large figure probably was part of a group of funerary statues that were placed within a deep, covered niche. The back of the drapery is not carefully finished as it would not have been visible. The production of such elaborate grave monuments with large-scale statues came to an end in Attica in 317 or 307 B.C. when Demetrios of Phaleron, the governor of Athens, issued a law prohibiting ostentatious display by wealthy families.

Marble statue of a woman, Marble, Pentelic, Greek, Attic

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Marble statue of a woman, Marble, Pentelic, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a woman, Marble, Pentelic, Greek, Attic

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