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Latin American Art
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting departing warriors (A); men and youths (B),
ca. 540–530 BCE
in the style of Princeton Painter
Greek, Attic
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
y1929-192
Information
Title
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting departing warriors (A); men and youths (B)
Dates
ca. 540–530 BCE
Maker
in the style of Princeton Painter
Medium
Black-figure ceramic
Dimensions
h. 29.0 cm, diam. rim 16.0 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.), diam at body 25.6 cm (10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1929-192
Place Made
Europe, Greece, Athens
Place Excavated
Europe, Italy, Capua
Inscription
On the bottom of the foot, in red wash: Dipinto on bottom of foot: ' + + '
Culture
Period
Subject
Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.
- C. R. Morey, "The "Arming of an Ephebe" on a Princeton vase", American journal of archaeology 11, no. 2 (Apr.-Jun., 1907), pp. 143-149., p.143-149; pl. 10-11
- Ernst Pfuhl, Malerei und Zeichnung der Griechen, (München: F. Bruckmann A.G., 1923)., Vol. 1: p. 265
- J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956)., no. 1
- "Hoofprints": an exhibit of the horse: May 5th-July 11th, (Red Bank, NJ: Monmouth Museum, 1970?)., no. 7
- J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-figure Vase-painters and Attic Red-figure Vase-painters (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971)., p. 117
- Ingeborg Scheiber, "Die Kuroi des Amasis-Malers", in Jette Christiansen and Torben Melander, eds., Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on ancient Greek and related pottery: Copenhagen, August 31-September 4, 1987, (Copenhagen: Nationalmuseet; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek; Thorvaldsens Museum, 1988)., p. 549-551
