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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.74
People
The Brygos Painter, Greek (active c. 490 BCE - c. 470 BCE)
Title
Red figure cup fragment: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 480-470 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
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 #21834

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
1995.18.74
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior: head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a thick fillet facing right, h imation folds at left shoulder. Side A: toes of right foot, end of staff, heel of figure moving to right. Single reserve line for ground line.

Relief contours; preliminary sketch on interior; dilute glaze for beard on cheek, and for fillet. Relief contours on exterior. Greatest dim. 3.9 cm.; thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.34 cm.

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. 62

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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