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Object List (Draft) OBJECT LIST Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases at the Getty Villa (June 8 - September 4, 2006) 1. Signed by Andokides 4. Signed by Nikosthenes Attributed to Psiax Storage Jar with Courtesans, Dogs, and Tripods Storage Jar with Apollo, Artemis, Leto, Ares, and Neck-Amphora of Nicosthenic Type, 525 B.C.– Dionysos and His Followers 520 B.C. Bilingual Amphora of Type A, 515 B.C.–510 B.C. Object: H: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.) Object (approx.): H: 61.2 x Diam.: 35 cm Musée du Louvre. Paris, France, F114 (24 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.) Cat. 15 Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Madrid, Spain, 11.008 5. Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter Cat. 1 Mixing Vessel with the Adventures of Herakles Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater, about 480 B.C. 2. Attributed to the Amasis Painter Object (body, top of volutes): 56.7 to 56.9 x Storage Jar with a Wine-Making Scene and 37.4 cm (22 5/16 to 22 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.) Dionysos The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Black-Figured Amphora of Type B, about Malibu, California 540 B.C. Cat. 13 Object: H: 44 x Diam. (foot): 17 cm (17 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.) 6. Attributed to the Phiale Painter Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig. Mixing Vessel with the Infancy of Dionysos Basel, Switzerland, Kä420 White-Ground Calyx-Krater, 440 B.C.–435 B.C. Cat. 43 Object: H: 32.8 cm (12 15/16 in.) Vatican Museums. Vatican City, 16586 3. Artist unknown Cat. 67 Drinking Vessel in the Shape of a Donkey’s Head Donkey's-Head Rhyton-Kantharos, 525 B.C.– 7. Attributed to the Meleager Painter 500 B.C. Mixing Vessel and Stand with Aphrodite and Object (with handles): H: 21.5 x Diam. (bowl): Adonis 14.3 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.) Attic Red-Figure Dinoid Volute Krater and The British Museum. London, England, Stand, 390 B.C.–380 B.C. GR1876.3-28.5 (B378) Object: H: 76.9 cm Photograph © Copyright the Trustees of The The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. British Museum Malibu, California Cat. 76 Cat. 36 -more- Page 2 8. Attributed to the Painter of the Wedding The National Museum of Denmark. Procession Copenhagen, Denmark, 3835 Water Jar with Athena and Poseidon Cat. 16 Red-Figured Relief Hydria, 360 B.C.–350 B.C. Object: H: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.) Bilingual Cups State Hermitage Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia, P1872.130 14. Attributed to Oltos © State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, 2006 Wine Cup with Running Men Cat. 105 Attic Red-Figure Bilingual Cup of Type A, about 515 B.C. 9. Attributed to the Andokides Painter (side A) Object: H: 13 to 13.2 x W (with handles): 41.5 x Attributed to the Lysippides Painter (side B) Diam. (mouth): 32.4 cm (5 1/8 to 5 3/16 x Storage Jar with Herakles Driving a Bull to 16 5/16 x 12 3/4 in.) Sacrifice The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Bilingual Amphora of Type A, 515 B.C.–510 B.C. Malibu, California Object: H: 53.3 cm (21 in.) Cat. 4 Museum of Fine Arts. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund. Boston, Massachusetts, 99.538 15. Attributed to the Painter of the Boulogne Horse Photograph © 2006 Museum of Fine Arts, Wine Cup with a Youth and Women Boston Bilingual Eye-Cup, about 520 B.C. Cat. 2 Object: H: 11.5 x Diam. (bowl): 31.2 cm (4 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.) 10. Signed by Andokides Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig. Attributed to the Andokides Painter Basel, Switzerland, Kä401 Storage Jar with Amazons and Bathers Cat. 3 White-Figured Amphora of Type A, about 520 B.C. 16. Signed by Hischylos Object: H: 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.) Signed by Epiktetos Musée du Louvre. Paris, France, F 203 Wine Cup with a Cavalryman and Satyrs Cat. 51 Bilingual Eye-Cup, about 520 B.C. Object (to rim): H: 14 x Diam.: 30.5 cm (5 1/2 x 11. Attributed to the Andokides Painter 12 in.) Fragmentary Storage Jar with Herakles Wrestling The British Museum. London, England, the Nemean Lion GR1842.4-7.23 (E3) Fragmentary Red-Figured Amphora of Type A, Cat. 5 about 520 B.C. Object (preserved): H: 39 x Diam. (foot): 17. Painter of London E2 (red-figure) 34.7 cm (15 3/8 x 13 11/16 in.) Attributed to the Near the Antiope Painter Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig. (black-figure) Basel, Switzerland, BS491 Wine Cup with Ships and Dancing Youths Cat. 27 Bilingual Cup, 510 B.C.–500 B.C. Object: H: 13 x Diam. (bowl): 32 cm (5 1/8 x 12. Related to Kensington Class, and the Workshop 12 5/8 in.) of the Niobid Painter The British Museum. London, England, Storage Jar with Andromeda, King Kepheus, and GR1843.11-3.29 (E2) Ethiopian Servants Photograph © Copyright the Trustees of The Red-Figured Pelike with White Outline Drawing British Museum and Superposed Colors, about 460 B.C. Cat. 6 Object: H: 44 cm (17 5/16 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund. The Brygos Painter Boston, Massachusetts, 63.2663 Cat. 49 18. Attributed to the Brygos Painter Wine Cup with Selene and a Gigantomachy 13. Probably associated with the Workshop of Red-Figured Cup of Type B, 490 B.C.–485 B.C. Nikosthenes and of Pamphaios Object (with handles): H: 13.3 to 13.7 cm x Mixing Vessel with Gorgons W: 41 x Diam.: 32 cm (5 1/2 to 5 3/8 x 16 1/8 x Black-Figured Volute-Krater with Gorgoneion 12 5/8 in.) Medallions, about 520 B.C. Object (with handles): H: 46.5 x Diam. (rim): 41 cm (18 5/16 x 13 in.) -more- Page 3 Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Outline — Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Berlin, Germany, F2293 24. Attributed to Apollodoros Cat. 47 Wine Cup with the Siege of a City Red-Figure Kylix, about 500 B.C. 19. Attributed to the Brygan Class of Animal-Head Object (to rim): H: 7.7 x Diam.: 18.8 cm (3 1/16 Rhyta x 7 3/8 in.) Drinking Vessel in the Shape of a Dog’s Head The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Rhyton in the Form of a Dog's Head, about Malibu, California 480 B.C. Cat. 45 Object (approx.): H: 17.3 x Diam.: 15 cm (6 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.) 25. Attributed to Onesimos State Hermitage Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Wine Cup with a Satyr and a Female Figure Russia, B1818 (679) Attic Red-Figure Kylix, 500 B.C.–490 B.C. © State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, 2006 Object (restored): W (with handles): 30.5 x Cat. 84 Diam.: 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. 20. Attributed to the Brygos Painter Malibu, California Pitcher with a Woman Spinning Cat. 46 Outline White-Ground Oinochoe, 490 B.C.– 480 B.C. 26. Signed by Epitimos (as potter) Object (with handle): H: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.) Attributed to the Epitimos Painter The British Museum. London, England, Wine Cup with Athena and Horsemen GR1873.8-20.34 (D13) Black-Figured Lip-Cup with Outline Decoration, Cat. 60 about 550 B.C. Object: H: 19.4 cm x Diam.: 39 cm (7 5/8 x Euphronios 15 3/8 in.) The National Museum of Denmark. 21. Attributed to Euphronios Copenhagen, Denmark, 13966 Fragmentary Mixing Vessel with Athena Cat. 41 Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment, 515 B.C.–510 B.C. 27. Signed by Tlenpolemos (as potter) Object: H: 12.5 x W: 16.2 cm (4 15/16 x Signed by Sakonides (as painter) 6 3/8 in.) Wine Cup with Female Busts The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Black-Figured Lip-Cup with Outline Decoration, Malibu, California 550 B.C.–540 B.C. Cat. 29 Object (bowl): Diam.: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.) Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 22. Attributed to the Foundry Painter and possibly — Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Berlin, Germany, Euphronios VI3152 Cup with Masks of Dionysos and a Satyr Cat. 42 Attic Red-Figure Mask Kantharos, about 480 B.C. 28. Attributed to a Follower of Douris Object (to rim): H: 14.7 x Diam. (bowl, approx.): Cylindrical Box and Lid with a Knob Shaped as a 17.4 cm (5 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.) Perfume Container The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Red-Figured Pyxis of Type A and Lid with Knob Malibu, California in the Form of an Exaleiptron, 475 B.C.–470 B.C. Cat. 82 Object (with lid): H: 17.8 x Diam.: 12.7 cm (7 x 5 in.) 23. Attributed to Onesimos The British Museum. London, England, Attributed to Euphronios GR1873.1-11.7 (E773) Fragmentary Wine Cup with Dionysos and a Satyr Cat. 48 Attic White-Ground Cup (Lipped Inside) Fragment, 510 B.C.–500 B.C. 29. Attributed to the Ambrosios Painter Object (greatest extent): 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.) Wine Cup with a Boy Fishing The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. Red-figured Cup of Type B, 510 B.C.–500 B.C. Malibu, California Object: H: 11.2 x Diam.: 27.7 cm (4 7/16 x Cat. 30 10 7/8 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
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