Figure of a Youth from a Funerary Stele (Monument) (about 380 BCE): Artwork and History

Figure of a Youth from a Funerary Stele (Monument) (about 380 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek; Athens.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

This young man’s angular nose, bow-shaped mouth, and softly muscled body reflect the ideals of male beauty that prevailed in the fourth century BCE. His mantle, attached at one shoulder, suggests that he was a servant or enslaved person. This fragmentary portrait was likely part of a more complex scene; perhaps this figure accompanied his master in a larger composition.

Object facts

• Title: Figure of a Youth from a Funerary Stele (Monument)
• Date: about 380 BCE
• Artist attribution: Greek; Athens
• Place of origin: Greece
• Medium: Marble
• Dimensions: 77 × 26 × 18 cm (31 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 7 in.)
• Type: Sculpture
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1960.70

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Silvain S. Wyler

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