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Gallery Text

Having drained this wine cup, the drinker could contemplate the warrior depicted inside. The bearded hoplite (heavily armed foot soldier) stands relaxed, a mantle over his shoulders and the cheek guards of his helmet pushed up. He gazes down at his round shield, whose shape echoes the cup’s interior. Both shield and design border were drawn by compass; preliminary sketch lines for the warrior’s lower legs with greaves remain visible. This introspective scene for the drinker contrasts with the activity on the cup’s exterior, where younger, beardless warriors practice battle, to be viewed by the rest of the drinking party.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.149
People
The Foundry Painter, Greek (active 490 BCE - 480 BCE)
Title
Kylix (drinking cup): Warrior; Warriors Practicing
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Attic Red-figure Kylix: Warrior with Shield and Lance
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 490-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291370

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3410, South Arcade
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
9.7 x 23.3 cm (3 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
max. with handles: 9.7 x 30.4 cm (3 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Perry Warren, Esq., London, (by 1927-1928), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #204357

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of E. P. Warren
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.149
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior: Warrior with shield and lance; exterior: Warriors in combat.

Publication History

  • Wilhelmina van Ingen, The Kylix by the Foundry Painter in the Fogg Museum, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1935), 46, 155-166
  • George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 132.
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 104, no. 114, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950
  • Significant Forms-The Changing Character of Western Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 07/08/1961 - 09/25/1961
  • Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997
  • Vastly More Than Brick and Mortar: Reinventing the Fogg Art Museum in the 1920s, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/29/2004 - 08/22/2004
  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
  • 32Q: 3410 South Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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