9³⁄₄ in. (24.8 cm.) high

U.S. private collection, New England, acquired 1990s.
U.S. private collection, Massachusetts.
Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Christie's, New York, 17 March 1998, lot 44 (unsold).
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2007, lot 165.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.

J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 104, fig. 66.
"C'est quoi cette oeuvre?" in Ville de Mougins (ed.), Mougins Infos, France, Eté 2021, no. 79, p. 29.

Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA193).

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The rectangular slab inscribed with a Greek inscription in six registers which reads, ‘To the gods of the Underworld. Where I placed the remains of my husband Praxiteles, there lie I, Parthenope, the (wife) of Praxiteles.’