1995.18.53: Fragment of an Attic Red-figure Cup, Side A: lower part of the himation and chiton folds of a figure

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.53

People

Attributed to The Brygos Painter, Greek (active c. 490 BCE - c. 470 BCE)

Title

Fragment of an Attic Red-figure Cup, Side A: lower part of the himation and chiton folds of a figure

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

c. 480 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)

Period

Classical period, Early

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287606

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #21836

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan, Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis, Ian M. Watson McLaughlin, Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.18.53

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Aaron J. Paul, "Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Spring 1997), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 7-87, fig. 60

Exhibition History

• Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997

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