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, Dec 22, 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. Tony Sigel, Conservation at 33 1/3 RPM: The Treatment of an Attic Trefoil Oinochoe, Objects Specialty Group Postprints, ed. Suzanne Davis, Kari Dodson, and Emily Hamilton, American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (https://resources.culturalheritage.org/osg-postprints/v21/sigel/, 2014), 21, Pages 43-80, Fig 1a-b, Page 44; Fig 2, Page 45; Fig 3, Page 45; Fig 5a, Page 48; Fig 6, Page 49; Fig 7, Page 50; Fig 8, Page 50; Fig 9, Page 51; Fig 16, Page 57; Fig 17, Page 57; Fig 21, Page 60; Fig 22a-d, Page 61; Fig 23, Page 62; Fig 24, Page 62; Fig 30, Page 67; Fig 31, Page 67; Fig 33a-c, Page 69; Fig 35, Page 70; Fig 36, Page 71; Fig 37, Page 72; Fig 39a-c, Page 75; Fig 40, Page 76; Fig 41, Page 76; Fig 42, Page 77; Fig 43a-b, Page 78 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