Grave relief for Eutaxia and Artemisios
The grave relief for Eutaxia and Artemisios is a Hellenistic grave relief in the antique collection of the August Kestner Museum in Hanover .
The relief is one of two Greek marble grave reliefs from the August Kestner Museum (inventory number I 45). It is found in the second half of the second century BC. And is therefore about 200 years younger than the other piece that was made in Attica . The grave relief comes from the area around Smyrna , today's Izmir , and was acquired through the mediation of Carl Humann . It originated in Ionia during the Hellenistic period , where, unlike in Attica, such grave luxury was not forbidden.
The two grave owners are shown on the relief and named with their names through an inscription . On the left is Eutaxia, Hermon's daughter, on the right her husband Artemisios, son of Menecrates. The elaboration of the relief is based on common forms of representation. Eutaxia is wrapped in her robe and leaning against the left wall. She holds one arm in front of her stomach, on the other hand she rested her head. The left leg peeks out from under the coat almost from knee height. On the left edge between the wall and the Eutaxia stands a small servant figure with a pyxis in her hand. The faces of both figures are severed. Artemisios puts his body weight on his left standing leg, the right free leg is exposed to the left. He has his hands folded in front of his stomach. He is also dressed in a thick cloak and at his feet is an even smaller servant figure on the right.
An architectural superstructure modeled on Greek sacred architecture can be found above the actual image field. The gable triangle is surrounded by a cornice . In the center of the triangle there is a rosette . Below there is a frieze zone with two additional rosettes on the outside and two laurel wreaths on the inside. In the rings can be found on disks, the simple greetings ΧΑΙΡΕ , Hail! . The name inscriptions are carved under the side rosettes. Acroters on the sides and on the top of the gable form the top end.
literature
- Ernst Pfuhl , Hans Möbius : The East Greek grave reliefs. Vol. 1, Zabern, Mainz 1977, p. 162, No. 532, plate 82.
- Hans-Georg Dettmer: "... awaken the sense of the beautiful ...". Guide through the Kestner Museum Hannover. Kestner Museum Hannover, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-924029-28-8 , p. 94.
