Currently not on view
Fragmentary red-figure column-krater: (A) mounted barbarian and Greek; (B) warriors arming,
ca. 450–440 BCE
Attributed to the group of Polygnotos
Greek, Attic
1997-69
Information
Title
Fragmentary red-figure column-krater: (A) mounted barbarian and Greek; (B) warriors arming
Dates
ca. 450–440 BCE
Maker
Attributed to the group of Polygnotos
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
restored: h. 33.0 cm, diam. 34.4 cm (13 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, Jr., Class of 1917
Object Number
1997-69
Culture
Period
Type
Acquired by Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder, Class of 1989, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum by the Vermeules in 1997, in memory of A. Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, G. R. Meneely, Class of 1933, and C. C. Vermeule, Jr., Class of 1917.
- Diana M. Buitron, Attic vase paintings in New England collections, (Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum Harvard University, 1972)., p. 126-27; cat. no. 70
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., p. 174