Aglaophon (Koroplast)

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Aglaophon ( Greek  Ἀγλαοφῶν ) was a Greek Koroplast , which in the 2nd century BC. Was active in Myrina in Asia Minor.

Aglaophon is known from six signatures on clay statuettes from the necropolis of Myrina. The two oldest statuettes show this in the 2nd century BC. Popular motif of the winged goddess Nike in a long robe, both of which come from the same model. These two statuettes are among the oldest coroplasts from Myrina that were signed by an artist, and Aglaophon is one of the oldest myrinic coroplasts known by name. A more recent coroplasty of Aglaophons shows the goddess Aphrodite and is dated to the 2nd or 1st century BC. The statuette is stylistically based on Xoanon figures from the classical period . Two statuettes of Aphrodite sitting on a goose, both of which come from the same shape, also bear his signature. The motif is otherwise only from the second half of the 1st century BC. Known, for example from the coroplast Menophilos . On one of the statuettes, Aglaophon's signature is also shown as a relief, which means that it has already been scratched into the model. Therefore a workshop is assumed which continued to use the reputable name of its master after his creative period.

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SURNAME Aglaophone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἀγλαοφῶν
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Koroplast
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.