The Masters of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Abstract

The aim of this article is to try to identify the sculptors mentioned by ancient writers in the surviving sculptural evidence of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. The free-standing sculptures will be the main focus of this study because in antiquity free-standing sculpture enjoyed a higher status than reliefs. My research is based on stylistic comparison of these sculptures with other known works attributed to the respective sculptors. The outcome is a series of attributions of the most noteworthy sculptures from the Mausoleum to the masters who are known to have worked on this enterprise.