Pitcher (Olpe) with Friezes of Sphinxes, Swans, Panthers, and Lions

Pitcher (Olpe) with Friezes of Sphinxes, Swans, Panthers, and Lions

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Painter of Vatican 73 (attributed to)

Artist
Painter of Vatican 73 (attributed to)
(Greek, Corinthian, active 650-625 B.C.E.)
Title
Pitcher (Olpe) with Friezes of Sphinxes, Swans, Panthers, and Lions
Date
ca. 640-620 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with black-figure decoration
Dimensions
12 11/16 x 6 3/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Frank
Accession No.
1983.66
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

By 1977, with The Summa Galleries, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA); 19 December 1977, sold to Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Hartland, WI); December 1977, deposited on long-term loan by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank at the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1 November 1983, gifted by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 7 May 2021]

  • Neeft, C.W. ed. "Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum." vol. 6, Occasional papers on Antiquities 9. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2000. p. 24, no. 6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. pp. 18, 37, no. 17; pl. 2
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. "The Classical World: Aegean Art." Art History Image Search, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Online. Mar 7, 2003. <http://facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/imagesearch/index.htm>;
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1983-1984." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1984. p. 5

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