Pitcher (Olpe) with Animal Friezes
Pitcher (Olpe) with Animal Friezes
Artist
The Painter of Vatican 73
Greek
Place of OriginGreek, Corinthian
Dateabout 640-630 BCE
DimensionsH (to rim): 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); H (max): 12 15/16 in. (32.8 cm); Diam (body): 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm); Diam (rim): 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Diam (foot): 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm).
MediumWheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1963.22
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Collections
Published References- Decorative Arts
Auktion XXVI, Basel, Münzen and Medaillen A.G., 5 Oktober 1963, p. 28 and pl. 17, lot no. 58.
Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, p. 7.
Mogan, C.H. "The Classical Collection at Amherst College," Archaeology, vol. 20, no.1, 1967, p. 2.
Vermeule, E., "Myths, Shapes and Colors," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, 1967, pp. 418, 420 (fig. 2), p. 419, pl. IV.
Riefstahl, R.M., "Greek Vases," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 31, repr.
Luckner, Kurt T., "Greek Vases: Shapes and Uses," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 15, 1972, p. 74, fig. 16.
Amyx, D.A., Corinthian Vase Painters, Berkeley, no. a-12.
Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus vasorum antiquorum: Toledo Museum of Art, fasc.2, U.S.A. fasc. 20, Mainz, 1984, pl. 72.
Amyx, Darrell A., Corinthian Vase-painting of the Archaic Period, Berkeley, 1988, p. 68.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965.
A painter related to the Columbus Painter and the Luxur Group
about 600 BCE
A painter near the Edinburgh Painter
about 510-500 BCE
The Leagros Group, Painter S
about 510 BCE
The Athena Painter
500-490 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510 BCE
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