Aristocles (sculptor 6th century BC)

Grave stele of Aristion in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , the artist's signature can be found under the feet

Aristocles ( Greek Ἀριστοκλῆς ) was a Greek sculptor who worked in the second half of the 6th century BC. Was active.

Aristocles was active in Attica . According to an inscription - ἔργον Ἀριστοκλέος "Work of Aristocles" - he was the creator of a well-known tomb, the grave stele of Aristion , which was found in Velanideza in 1839 , which was built around 510 BC for reasons of style. Is dated. In addition, several other bases were found that name Aristocles as a sculptor and were built into the Themistocles wall . Josef Floren attributes other works to him from this period. Other works and stylistic connections are also suggested in the research. An identity with an ore-maker of the same name from Sikyon or a sculptor of the same name from Kydonia can not be proven .

literature

Richard Neudecker : Aristocles [2]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 1110 f.
Günther Bröker : Aristocles (II) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 86.

Web links

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supporting documents

^ Inscriptiones Graecae (IG) I³ 1256 .
↑ The Greek sculpture. Vol. 1 .: Die geometrische und Archaische Plastik , Beck, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-406-31718-9 ( Handbook of Archeology ).

personal data
SURNAME	Aristocles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἀριστοκλῆς
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Greek sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.

[1] Inscriptiones Graecae (IG) I³ 1256 .

[2] The Greek sculpture. Vol. 1 .: Die geometrische und Archaische Plastik , Beck, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-406-31718-9 ( Handbook of Archeology ).