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Water jar (hydria) with Herakles and Triton wrestling
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520-515 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 48.3 cm (19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number62.1185
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 084.
DescriptionShoulder: Two quadrigae face toward the right side. The charioteers, clad in white, mount their chariots, holding reins and goads. A draped man, probably a trainer, sits on a boxlike stool before each team.
Body: Herakles and Triton wrestle in the center of the vase. Herakles straddles the monster and grasps him around the chest. Nereus, at left, leans on a staff and observes the scene. A nereid, at right, watches, gesturing toward the struggle.
Graffito on bottom of base.
Body: Herakles and Triton wrestle in the center of the vase. Herakles straddles the monster and grasps him around the chest. Nereus, at left, leans on a staff and observes the scene. A nereid, at right, watches, gesturing toward the struggle.
Graffito on bottom of base.
ProvenanceSaid to be from Vulci, Italy. By 1960, Robert E. Hecht (b. 1919 - d. 2012), Hesperia Art, Philadelphia; 1961, sold by Hecht to Horace L. Mayer (b. 1899 - d. 1968), Williamstown, MA [see note]; 1962, gift of Horace L. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 1962)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1961 (loan no. 16.61).
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1961 (loan no. 16.61).