Grave Relief of a Woman Depicted as a Muse

Description The relief was made near Smyrna (present-day Izmir, Turkey), on the west coast of Asia Minor, and portrays the deceased as a Muse, as indicated by her pose and dress. On other representations of this type, the maiden holds a kithara, a stringed instrument that resembles a lyre or small harp. The smaller figure on the right is a servant girl.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/18/1980	Treatment	cleaned
11/01/1988	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.

Provenance Summa Galeries, Los Angeles, CA, March 1980; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1980