Grave Marker (Stele) of a Child with Dog
| Culture | Greek |
|---|---|
| Title | Grave Marker (Stele) of a Child with Dog |
| Date | 375–325 BCE |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | Object: 11 3/16 × 11 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (28.4 × 28.4 × 4.9 cm) Overall: 11 3/16 × 11 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (28.4 × 28.5 × 5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Helena Simkhovitch in memory of her father, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 78.55 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A square relief panel surrounded by a boarder which is broken at the top. A boy is frontally oriented but turns slightly as he extends his right hand toward a curly-tailed dog who leaps up at the boy's right thigh. He wears a cloak wrapped around his lower body and held in place by his left arm.
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"Grave Marker (Stele) of a Child with Dog | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=78.55