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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.104.23
Title
Olpe: Aeneas fleeing from Troy
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
525 BCE-500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Site
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/57698

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
16.1 x 11.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from Hesperia Art (George Allen), May 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.104.23
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Orangish-buff fabric. Plain mouthed olpe with low strap handle. Checkerboard pattern at lip. On front of vessel is a large figured panel framed at the top by a zig-zag pattern beneath a maeander. The scene shows Aeneas escaping from Troy carrying his father, Anchises, in his arms. Aeneas wears armor and carries two spears and a shield decorated with a lion. On the left of the scene, a man in a Phrygian cap carries a quiver and moves away from Aeneas and Anchises, but turns his body back to look at them. On the right of the scene, a draped woman is in a similar posture. The figures are in black-slip with details in incision and in added red and white. A portion of the lip is missing and restored in buff-colored plaster.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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