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Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with Zeus pursuing Ganymede
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.184
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 095.
DescriptionSide A: Zeus, holding a scepter, pursues Ganymede and grabs the boy's right arm as he attempts to flee. The boy carries a hoop and hoop-stick, common toys and often attributes of Ganymede. Both wear decorated himations and wreaths added in purple.
Side B: A wreathed and draped youth advances to the right while looking over his shoulder and carrying a joint of meat in his left hand.
An elaborate band of palmettes serves as the ground line for both scenes.
Side B: A wreathed and draped youth advances to the right while looking over his shoulder and carrying a joint of meat in his left hand.
An elaborate band of palmettes serves as the ground line for both scenes.
ProvenanceBetween 1879-1886, excavated in a necropolis at Suessula by Baron Marcello Spinelli and kept in his estate near Cancello, Italy [see note 1]; by 1910, E. P. Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1910, sold by E. P. Warren to the MFA for $4,000 [note 2]. (Accession date: June 2, 1910)
Notes:
[1] According to E. P. Warren’s records and F. von Duhn, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 2 (1887), pp. 236-241.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230.
Notes:
[1] According to E. P. Warren’s records and F. von Duhn, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 2 (1887), pp. 236-241.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230.