Harvard Art Museums > 1960.354: Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Woman Playing a Lyre Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Woman Playing a Lyre , 1960.354,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287957. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.354 Title Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Woman Playing a Lyre Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 490-480 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Classical period, Early Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287957 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Red-figure Dimensions 26.5 x 10.5 cm (10 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in Greek, "He is beautiful; She is beautiful." Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lord Aldenham, England (pre 1903); sold [through Sotheby's London 1937(?)]; to David Moore Robinson, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960. Published in the Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art (London 1903), p. 107 no. 43, and see J.D. Beazley in Journal of Hellenic Studies 59 (1939) 153. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #13454 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.354 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History David Moore Robinson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum U.S.A.: volume 3, The Robinson Collection, Baltimore, MD, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938), p. 20 Gisela M.A. Richter, Attic Red-Figured Vases, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1958), p. 24-29 Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 19, no. 116 Joseph Veach Noble, The Techniques of Painted Attic Pottery, Watson-Guptill Publications (New York, NY, 1965), p. 84 [Reproduction only], Persephone, Classical Club of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Summer 1997 - Fall 1997)., p. 46. Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 [teaching exhibition], University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque HAA132e The Ideal of the Everyday in Greek Art (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/03/2023 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Articles Life of an Object: 1960.354 September 6, 2013 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu