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Amphora Stand: bread making

Artist The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group Greek

Place of OriginGreece, Attica

Dateabout 510 BCE

DimensionsH: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); Diam (rim): 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm); Diam (foot): 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)

MediumBlack Figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1958.69B

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

Collections

Decorative Arts

Published References

Kunstwerke Der Antike, Auktion XVLLL, Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Nov. 29, 1958, lot. 102 (2).

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, July-September 1959," Art Quarterly, vol. 22, 1959, p. 385, repr. p. 384.

La Chronique des Arts, (Supplement a la Gazette des Beaux-Arts), no. 1092, Jan. 1960, p. 29, repr.

Sparkes, Brain, "Greek Kitchen," Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 82, 1962, p. 135.

Washington, Selden, "Greek Vase Painting," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, new series, vol. 5, no. 4, Winter 1962, repr. p. 90.

Vermule, Emily, "Myths, Shapes and Colors," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 424, repr. figs. 7, 8, p. 422.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Greek Vases," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, new series, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 37, repr.

Beazley, Sir John Davidson, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, pp. 168-169, p. 169.

Griefenhagen, A., "Neue Fragmente des Kleophrodesmales," Sitzunberichte der Hildelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil, -hist. Klasse, 1972, 4, p. 10.

Luckner, Kurt T., "Greek Vases: Shapes and Uses," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 15, no. 3, 1972, pp. 64, 65, repr. fig. 2, cover (col.).

Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage, 3rd. ed., Marburg, 1973, p. 76.

Boardman, John, Athenian Black Figure Vases, London, 1974, p. 111, repr. fig. 209.

Sparkes, B.A., "Illustrating Aristophanes," Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 95, 1975, p. 134, repr. pl. XVII d.

Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus vasorum antiquorum: Toledo Museum of Art, U.S.A. Fasc. 17, Toledo, 1976, p. 10, repr. pl. 16, profile drawing fig. 3.

Johnston, Alan, "Hunting scenes on Greek vases," Connoisseur, vol. 196, no. 789, Nov. 1977, p. 165, repr. (col.) p. 161.

Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections, Chicago, Art Institute, 1979, no. 74, p. 131, repr. also (col.) pl. IV.

Exhibition History

Toledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965.

Chicago, Art Institute, Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections, 1979-1980.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Beazley, Sir John Davidson, Hesperia, vol. V, 1936, pp. 68-69.
cf. Walters, H.B., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain, fascicule 4, British Museum, fascicule 3, London, 1927, Group III H e, p. 6-7.

cf. Deppert, Kurt. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Germany, fascicule 30, Frankfurt-am-Main, fascicule 2, Munich, 1968, pl. 46, nos. 4-6, pp. 11-12.

cf. Lullies, Reinhard, Die Spitzamphora des Kleophrades Malers, Bremen, 1957, list no. 9.

cf. Robinson, David M., Cornelia G. Harcum and J.H. Iliffe, Greek Vases at Toronto, Toronto, 1930, p. 99, pl. XXVII.

cf. Smith, Sir Cecil H., Catalogue of the First Portion of the Foreman Collection of Antiquities, 2 vols., 19, p. 64, no. 330.

Label TextRumored to be able to outrun an arrow in flight, the Ceryneian Hind would prove difficult to capture for Herakles. After chasing this prized pet of the goddess Artemis for over a year, Herakles finally took to his bow and shot the legendary doe through the hind leg, wounding it. He tended to the wound and began carrying the beast back to King Eurystheus, who was directing Herakles’ twelve labors, when he ran into Artemis and her brother Apollo. Herakles begged for forgiveness, explaining that he was bound by his labors. Artemis forgave the hero, foiling Eurystheus’ hope of adding another vengeful goddess to Herakles’ list of enemies.