Aristocles (son of Nicomachus)
Aristocles ( Greek Άριστοκλῆς ) was a Greek sculptor who worked towards the end of the 1st century BC. And was active at the beginning of the 1st century.
Aristocles was the son of a Nicomachus and came from the island of Rhodes . He signed a marble stele dating from the end of the 1st century BC. BC and the beginning of the 1st century and thus falls either in the time of the outgoing Roman Republic or the beginning of the Roman Empire . The stele was found incorporated into a fountain in Athens and is now in the Musée de Grenoble . However, their authenticity is disputed in research.
literature
- Günther Bröker : Aristocles (VII). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 87.
Remarks
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 10137 .
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| SURNAME | Aristocles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Άριστοκλῆς |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rhodes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |