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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.368
People
The Amykos Painter, Greek (active 420 - 400 BCE)
Title
Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Silenoi with Maidens; Draped Youths
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
420-410 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290730

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
38.5 x 38.6 cm (15 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Franz Trau Collection, Vienna. David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD (by 1960), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.368
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On one side, two pairs of satyrs conversing with maidens. The satyrs are nearly identical, both rest a foot on a rock, hold a thyros (ivy-topped staff associated with Dionysos) in their right hand, and gesture towards the maiden with their left hand. The satyr at left is bald. Both satyrs have small hairs on their stomachs rendered in light strokes of dilute gloss. The woman at left is draped in a chiton and rests her left hand on her hip. At right, the woman wears a chiton, belted at the waist, and her hair is tucked into a cap (sakkos).

On the other side are three youths draped in mantels (himatia). The figure in the center faces left, in conversation with the second youth at far left who holds a staff in his left hand.

Publication History

  • David M. Robinson, Unpublished Greek Vases in the Robinson Collection, American Journal of Archaeology (1956), 60.1, 1-25
  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 21, no. 144
  • A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1967), p. 34, no. 113, plate 10
  • A. D. Trendall, Early South Italian Vase Painting, Verlag (Mainz, 1974), p. 31, no. 124.
  • Caroline Houser, Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient Through Modern, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1979), no. 13.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient through Modern, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1979 - 02/10/1980

Verification Level

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