1960.368: Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Silenoi with Maidens; Draped Youths

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.368

People

The Amykos Painter, Greek (active 420 - 400 BCE)

Title

Bell Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Silenoi with Maidens; Draped Youths

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

420-410 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy

Period

Classical period, Late

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290730

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Red-figure

Dimensions

38.5 x 38.6 cm (15 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Franz Trau Collection, Vienna. David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD (by 1960), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.368

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

On one side, two pairs of satyrs conversing with maidens. The satyrs are nearly identical, both rest a foot on a rock, hold a thyros (ivy-topped staff associated with Dionysos) in their right hand, and gesture towards the maiden with their left hand. The satyr at left is bald. Both satyrs have small hairs on their stomachs rendered in light strokes of dilute gloss. The woman at left is draped in a chiton and rests her left hand on her hip. At right, the woman wears a chiton, belted at the waist, and her hair is tucked into a cap (sakkos).

On the other side are three youths draped in mantels (himatia). The figure in the center faces left, in conversation with the second youth at far left who holds a staff in his left hand.

Publication History

• David M. Robinson, Unpublished Greek Vases in the Robinson Collection, American Journal of Archaeology (1956), 60.1, 1-25
• A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1967), p. 34, no. 113, plate 10
• A. D. Trendall, Early South Italian Vase Painting, Verlag (Mainz, 1974), p. 31, no. 124.
• Caroline Houser, Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient Through Modern, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1979), no. 13.

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
• Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient through Modern, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1979 - 02/10/1980

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