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ATTRIBUTED TO THE SWING PAINTER CIRCA 540-530 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
attributed to the swing painter
circa 540-530 b.c.
On the obverse Theseus battles the Minotaur, the bearded hero clad in a chiton, a red fillet in his hair, forcing the monster to his knees, gripping the Minotaur's wrist to avoid a blow from the stone held in his grip, while he thrusts a sword into the monster's right shoulder, a woman standing to the right looking on, likely Ariadne but possibly one of the Athenian maidens; the reverse with a bearded man, a fillet in his short hair, leading a horse to the right, a young nude boy looking on from the right, a standing woman biding farewell from the left; with rays above the foot, a band of ribbon pattern and lotus bud chain above, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders and a palmette lotus chain on the neck, a complex of spirals and palmettes below the handles; details in added red and white
14 13/16 in. (37.9 cm) high
attributed to the swing painter
circa 540-530 b.c.
On the obverse Theseus battles the Minotaur, the bearded hero clad in a chiton, a red fillet in his hair, forcing the monster to his knees, gripping the Minotaur's wrist to avoid a blow from the stone held in his grip, while he thrusts a sword into the monster's right shoulder, a woman standing to the right looking on, likely Ariadne but possibly one of the Athenian maidens; the reverse with a bearded man, a fillet in his short hair, leading a horse to the right, a young nude boy looking on from the right, a standing woman biding farewell from the left; with rays above the foot, a band of ribbon pattern and lotus bud chain above, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders and a palmette lotus chain on the neck, a complex of spirals and palmettes below the handles; details in added red and white
14 13/16 in. (37.9 cm) high
Literature
Böhr, Der Schaukelmaler, p. 76.
Böhr, "Weitere Werke des Schaukelmalers" in Praestant Interna: Festschrift für Ulrich Hausmann, p. 217-218, no. 6, pl. 45,2,4.
Guy in Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence, A Selection of Greek Vases from the Elie Borowski Collection, no. 6.
Böhr, "Weitere Werke des Schaukelmalers" in Praestant Interna: Festschrift für Ulrich Hausmann, p. 217-218, no. 6, pl. 45,2,4.
Guy in Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence, A Selection of Greek Vases from the Elie Borowski Collection, no. 6.
Exhibited
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 18 December 1984 to 30 June 1985