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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.129
People
School of The Dinos Painter, Greek
Title
Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Two Youths Leading a Bull to Sacrifice
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c 420 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Vari (Attica)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291112

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13467

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.129
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two youths leading a bull to sacrifice as on Parthenon frieze.

Publication History

  • David M. Robinson, "A Red-Figured Vase Influenced by the Parthenon Frieze", American Journal of Archaeology, January-March 1934, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 45-48
  • 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. 118
  • Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum, J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 2004-2012), I 2.a. Sacrifices Gr. 466.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 09/12/1992 - 12/06/1992; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, 01/09/1993 - 04/16/1993; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 05/11/1993 - 08/01/1993; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 08/31/1993 - 11/28/1993
  • 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, 10/03/2023 - 01/01/2050

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