Stele of Little Girl with Doves (Illustration)

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 05 March 2021

Stele of Little Girl with Doves — A marble stele depicting a young girl saying farewell to her pet doves as she gently holds them. Doves were popular animals in ancient Greece and frequently appeared in mythology and literature. Greek, Parian marble. Made c. 450-440 BCE. 80.6 cm (31 3/4 in) x 37 cm (14 9/16 in). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 05 March 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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