Mourning Female Servant (c.330-320 BCE)
A marble grave statue that turns the quiet pose of a female servant into the whole meaning of the work. Made in Attica, Greece, around 330–320 BC.
Afterlife
Beliefs about the afterlife have played a central role in many religious and cultural traditions. Artistic and historical objects connected to this theme often reflect ideas about death, the soul, and the continuation of existence beyond the physical world, revealing how different societies have imagined life after death.
Statue of a Mourning Girl (c. 360 BCE)
Behold an Attic funerary statue that turns a simple gesture into the whole emotional center of the work. Dated to about 360 BCE, it shows a young mourning girl with her head resting on her hand.
Grave Stele of Mnesarete (400 BCE)
Few grave monuments from classical Athens are as quietly affecting as the Grave Stele of Mnesarete. Carved in Attica around 380 BCE, the relief shows a young woman seated in composed sorrow.
Fragment From the tomb of Nikarete (330–320 BCE)
Although only part of the original grave monument survives, the sculpture still conveys the dignity and quiet presence that characterize some of the finest Attic funerary reliefs. Nikarete is shown seated, wrapped in carefully carved drapery..
Stele Giustiniani (c.460 BCE)
The so-called Stele Giustiniani is one of the most affecting funerary monuments from early Classical Greece. Carved in Parian marble around 460 BCE, it shows a young girl in a quiet, inward-looking moment..
Funerary Stele of the Girl Silenis (c. 360 BCE)
The Funerary Stele of Silenis is a moving Attic grave monument that turns a moment of stillness into an enduring image of memory. Carved in marble around 360 BCE, it commemorates a young woman named Silenis.
Funerary Stele of Polyxena (c.400 BCE)
This funerary stele of Polyxena transforms a single standing figure into a quiet but richly layered image of memory, identity, and female transition in the Greek world.
Attic Funerary Relief of Mynno (c. 430-400 BCE)
An Attic funerary relief dedicated to Mynno, now in the Altes Museum in Berlin, turns a seemingly intimate domestic scene into an image of death, memory, and social identity.
Phi-type Female Figurine (c.1300-1200 BCE)
The figure is a so-called Phi-type, named after the resemblance of its silhouette to the Greek letter Φ, and it offers a revealing glimpse into how femininity, care, and cult practice could be expressed in the Mycenaean world.