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Fragmentary hydria (water vessel) depicting the death of Orpheus,
ca. 440–430 BCE
attributed to Polygnotos
Greek, Attic
Classical Period, ca. 480–323 BCE
y1986-59 a-e
Information
Title
Fragmentary hydria (water vessel) depicting the death of Orpheus
Dates
ca. 440–430 BCE
Maker
attributed to Polygnotos
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
preserved: 31.1 x 19.2 cm, diam. rim 18.0 cm (12 1/4 x 7 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Classical Purchase Fund
Object Number
y1986-59 a-e
Place Made
Europe, Greece, Athens
Inscription
Name inscribed to right of figure.
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
Purchased from Herbert A. Cahn, Munzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Switzerland, in 1986.
- John Boardman, et. al., Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC), (Zürich: Artemis Verlag, 1981-2009)., Vol. 1: p. 25, Acheloos 216
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1986," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 46, no. 1 (1987): p. 18–52, p. 36
- François Lissarrague, "Orphee mis a mort," Musica e storia 2 (1994): p. 269-307., p. 282-283 and 302-303; figs. 11a-b.
- Susan B. Matheson, Polygnotos and vase painting in classical Athens, (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996)., p. 96; pl. 59; cat. no. P66, p. 360; p. 231-32
- Despoina Tsiaphakē, Hē Thrakē stēn Attikē eikonographia tou 5ou aiōna p. Ch. (Thrace in Athenian iconography of the fifth century B.C.): prosengiseis stis scheseis Athēnas kai Thrakēs, (Komotēnē: Morphōtikos Homilos Komotēnēs, Kentro Thrakikōn Meletōn, 1998). , p. 335; fig. 13a.
