| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Place of production | Felice Napoleone Martinelli, Athens |
| Date | 1873 (plaster cast), around 510 BC (original) |
| Object type | plaster cast |
| Medium, technique | plaster |
| Dimensions | 193 x 43 (46 below) x 14 cm |
| Inventory number | Ag.508 |
| Collection | Classical Antiquites - Plaster casts |
| On view | Star Fortress (Komárom), The Archaic period of Greek sculpture (650–480 BC), Gallery I |
This narrow tombstone commemorates a man named Aristion. He appears bearded and in full armour, as a warrior. He wears a short, thin dress (chiton) and a cuirass with greaves that follow the contours of his body, and holds a spear in his left hand. His locks of hair appear from underneath his helmet, loosely pushed back on his head. The upper part of the stela and the helmet is missing, the plumes were perhaps separately joined. The relief was richly painted, with colourful traces indicating a star on the shoulder, and a lion's head on the chest. The sculptor Aristocles must have been proud of his creation: he signed his name at the bottom of the stela.
Süvegh, Eszter, Katalógus. Kiemelt művek a Szépművészeti Múzeum antik, középkori és reneszánsz gipszmásolat-gyűjteményéből,: In: Szőcs M. (szerk.): Egy gyűjtemény újjászületése: a Szépművészeti Múzeum gipsz szobormásolatai a megújult komáromi Csillagerődben., Budapest, no. 16.
Hekler, Antal, Az antik gipszgyűjtemény I-II., Budapest, 1919-1920, 1923, no. 27.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
