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Painted Limestone Funerary Slab with a Soldier and Two Girls

Ancient Greek Painting and Sculpture

Painted Limestone Funerary Slab with a Soldier and Two Girls

Ancient Greek Painting and Sculpture
  • Date: c.275 BC
  • Style: Hellenistic
  • Theme: Panel and wall painting
  • Genre: genre painting
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The soldier, in a long blue cloak, stands at the right and clasps the hand of a small girl. Behind her another girl raises her hand in a gesture of farewell. These may well represent the soldier's children, indicating that the mercenaries settled in Alexandria and raised families.

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Gift of Darius Odgen Mills, 1904

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