EditorialForeground: “Young Tarentine (Mamadou Gueye),” 2021, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Calif., on March 14, 2023. Background: “Young Tarentine I (Babacar Mané),” 2022, after Alexandre Schoenewerk’s 1871 sculpture. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialCapital fragment from a funerary shrine (naiskos), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, H. 4 3/4' (12.09 cm), Stone Sculpture, A pair of volutes from one corner of a small limestone capital an...
EditorialTerracotta group of women seated around a well head, Classical, 2nd half of 4th century B.C., Greek, Tarentine, Terracotta, Max. H.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Terracottas, Incense burners (Greek thymiateria) were important cult implements throughout the ancie...
EditorialLimestone pediment fragment, Hellenistic, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); length 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The relief comes from the pediment of a small funerary monument (naiskos), showing a...
EditorialLimestone column capital, Late Classical, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, 7 1/8 x 13 in. (18.1 x 33.0 cm), Stone Sculpture, Gift of the Aboutaam Family, Purchase, Alexander and Helene Abraham Gift. The capitals, c...
EditorialCapital fragment from a funerary shrine (naiskos), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, H. 4 3/4' (12.09 cm), Stone Sculpture, A pair of volutes from one corner of a small limestone capital an...
EditorialTerracotta group of women seated around a well head, Classical, 2nd half of 4th century B.C., Greek, Tarentine, Terracotta, Max. H.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Terracottas, Incense burners (Greek thymiateria) were important cult implements throughout the ancie...
EditorialLimestone pediment fragment, Hellenistic, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); length 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The relief comes from the pediment of a small funerary monument (naiskos), showing a...
EditorialLimestone column capital, Late Classical, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Limestone, 7 1/8 x 13 in. (18.1 x 33.0 cm), Stone Sculpture, Gift of the Aboutaam Family, Purchase, Alexander and Helene Abraham Gift. The capitals, c...