Sleeping Female Figure (Chalepas)

The sculpture on Sophia's tomb.

The Sleeping Female Figure (Greek: Η Κοιμωμένη) is a statue by Greek sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas that depicts the young Sophia Afentaki. It was made in the 1880s and is now found at the First Cemetery of Athens in Greece. The statue depicts a young girl, Sophia Afentaki, sleeping on a couch with a cross in her hand. It is considered to be Chalepas's finest piece of art, and the most important artwork in the cemetery.[1]

  1. ^ Lambraki-Plaka, Marina. "Retrospective Exhibition Yannoulis Chalepas National Glyptotheque". National Glyptotheque. National Gallery of Greece. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-11.