File:Terracotta amphora (jar) MET DT272.jpg
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Summary
Berlin Painter: Belly amphora by the Berlin Painter
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| Title |
Terracotta amphora (jar) |
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| Object type |
belly amphoras typus C  |
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| Genre |
Attic vase-painting |
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| Description |
Greek, Attic; Amphora; Vases; Obverse, young man singing and playing the kithara; Reverse, judge |
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| Date |
circa 490 BC |
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| Medium |
ceramic |
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| Dimensions |
height: 41.5 cm (16.3 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
56.171.38 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
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| Place of creation |
Kerameikos |
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| Place of discovery | Said to be from Nola (Beazley 1963, p. 197, no. 3). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | Until 1919, private collection, UK; May 22-23, 1919, purchased by W.R. Hearst through Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London; from 1919, collection of William Randolph Hearst, New York and San Simeon, CA; acquired November 26, 1956, purchased from the Hearst Corporation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Fletcher Fund, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | This work is a masterpiece of Greek vase-painting because it brings together many features of Athenian culture in an artistic expression of the highest quality. The shape itself is central to the effect. Through the symmetry, scale, and luminously glossy glaze on the obverse, it offers a carefully composed three-dimensional surface that endows the subject with volume. The identity of the singer is given by his instrument, the kithara, which was a type of lyre used in public performances, including recitations of epic poetry. The figure on the reverse is identified by his garb and wand. While the situation is probably a competition, the subject is the music itself. It transports the performer, determines his pose, and causes the cloth below the instrument to sway gently. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254896
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