Grave relief of Thraseas and Euandria, Ancient marble relief at Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.
The grave relief of Thraseas and Euandria is a marble stele with dimensions of 160 centimeters in height and 91 centimeters in width. It depicts a standing man and a seated woman with a young servant positioned between them, all carved with careful detail in stone.
The work was created between 350 and 340 BC in Athens near the Kerameikos cemetery. It later entered the Sabouroff collection and joined the Antikensammlung Berlin in 1884.
The names Thraseas of the deme Perithoidai and Euandria are carved on the architrave, so the couple is identified rather than generic. The handclasp and exchanged gaze mark the parting caused by death, while the short-haired servant girl, head propped on her hand, adds the household's grief. The flat naiskos with antae, architrave and gable frames the group; its three acroteria are lost.
The stele is in the Antikensammlung Berlin, housed in the Pergamonmuseum on Museum Island. Look for it among the Attic grave monuments; the relief is 160 cm high and 91 cm wide, so it can be examined closely. The gallery can be crowded, and some areas may be closed for works.
The servant between the couple is carved in shallower relief than the foreground figures, placing her spatially behind them. Her short hair marks her as a slave, and her cheek rests in her right hand, a gesture of deep mourning known from other Greek works. Three acroteria that once crowned the gable are lost.
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