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Pitcher (oinochoe) with two athletes and a dog
Greek
Early Classical Period
460–450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); height with handle: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number13.191
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 042.
DescriptionRed Figure oinochoe with large cylindrical mouth and high handle.
Two nude young athletes. The one to right stands in front view, looking to left and holding out strigil to the other who stands in profile to right with his hands clasped. Between them a dog. In field, a pouch. Above the youths' heads the Greek inscription, "Alkimachos is handsome" (ALKIMACHOS IS HANDSOME). A tongue pattern above the figures. Below them, a maeander encircling the vase.
Two nude young athletes. The one to right stands in front view, looking to left and holding out strigil to the other who stands in profile to right with his hands clasped. Between them a dog. In field, a pouch. Above the youths' heads the Greek inscription, "Alkimachos is handsome" (ALKIMACHOS IS HANDSOME). A tongue pattern above the figures. Below them, a maeander encircling the vase.
InscriptionsΑΛΚΙΜΑΧΟS
ΚΑΛΟS
ΚΑΛΟS
ProvenanceSaid to be from Gela, Italy. 1911, sold by Tommaso and Ignazio Virzi (dealers), Palermo, to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome; 1913, sold by E. P. Warren to the MFA for $18,948.70 [see note]. (Accession Date: January 2, 1913)
NOTE: Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 13.186 - 13.245. Shipped to Warren in 1911 as "Jug--Alkimachos" (source: private archive). Many thanks to Erin Thompson for facilitating access to this material.
NOTE: Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 13.186 - 13.245. Shipped to Warren in 1911 as "Jug--Alkimachos" (source: private archive). Many thanks to Erin Thompson for facilitating access to this material.