LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Niobe

Limestone relief with the figure of a woman Greek, Tarentine, late 4th-early 3rd century BC Accession # 1999.281 The figure has been identified as Niobe, who in Greek mythology suffered the loss of all her children when she incurred the displeasure of Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. Niobe thus became a stock figure of bereavement and would have been highly appropriate on a relief from a funerary monument such as this. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Limestone relief with the figure of a woman Greek, Tarentine, late 4th-early 3rd century BC Accession # 1999.281 The figure has been identified as Niobe, who in Greek mythology suffered the loss of all her children when she incurred the displeasure of Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. Niobe thus became a stock figure of bereavement and would have been highly appropriate on a relief from a funerary monument such as this. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Water Jar with Niobe Turning to Stone Greek, made in Apulia, South Italy, about 330 BC. Terracotta (baked clay) Loutrophoros Text from the Getty Villa museum label.

Water Jar with Niobe Turning to Stone Greek, made in Apulia, South Italy, about 330 BC. Terracotta (baked clay) Loutrophoros Text from the Getty Villa museum label.