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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.359
People
The Tarporley Painter
Title
Red-figure Bell Krater: Youth Crowned by Nike
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 400-380 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290793

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
35.2 cm h x 39.3 cm diam. (13 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, France, sold; through [Munzhandlung Basel, Vente Publique, Monnaies Grecques, No. 4, October 1, 1935] to; David M. Robinson, Oxford, Mississippi (1935-1959), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.359
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Side A: Youth crowned by Nike; woman offering a wreath. Side B: three youths in mantles. Rim chipped.

Publication History

  • 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. 145
  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Nike 323.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • 32Q: 3410 South Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2016 - 08/18/2016

Verification Level

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