Lot Essay
The Copenhagen Painter, according to Beazley (op. cit., p. 257) is one of two Late Archaic pot-painters of the Syriskos Group.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE COPENHAGEN PAINTER CIRCA 475-470 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED STAMNOS
Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter
Circa 475-470 B.C.
The obverse with Theseus dispatching the Minotaur, the hero wearing a short chiton, gripping the monster's mouth and forcing it to its knees, wielding a sword in his right hand which he prepares to thrust forward, the Minotaur grabbing Theseus' left arm in desperation, with Ariadne looking on from the left, tightly wrapped in a himation, holding in her hand the magic diadem, in added red, which lights the labyrinth, and her father Minos looking on from the right, the king wearing a himation and holding a scepter, with a spade-shaped beard and long wavy tendrils falling on to his shoulders, with two ionic columns which define the space of the labyrinth; the reverse with six standing draped figures identified as three Athenian mothers with their sons who would be sacrificed to the Minotaur should Theseus not prove victorious; a band of meander below the scenes, a band of tongue on the sunken-in shoulder, ovolo on the rim
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm) high
Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter
Circa 475-470 B.C.
The obverse with Theseus dispatching the Minotaur, the hero wearing a short chiton, gripping the monster's mouth and forcing it to its knees, wielding a sword in his right hand which he prepares to thrust forward, the Minotaur grabbing Theseus' left arm in desperation, with Ariadne looking on from the left, tightly wrapped in a himation, holding in her hand the magic diadem, in added red, which lights the labyrinth, and her father Minos looking on from the right, the king wearing a himation and holding a scepter, with a spade-shaped beard and long wavy tendrils falling on to his shoulders, with two ionic columns which define the space of the labyrinth; the reverse with six standing draped figures identified as three Athenian mothers with their sons who would be sacrificed to the Minotaur should Theseus not prove victorious; a band of meander below the scenes, a band of tongue on the sunken-in shoulder, ovolo on the rim
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm) high
Provenance
Athos Moretti Collection, Bellinzona
Pino Donati, Lugano
Pino Donati, Lugano
Literature
Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, p. 257, no. 11 and p. 1640.
Philippaki, The Attic Stamnos, p. 63 nos. 5 and 65, pl. 33.
Bloesch, Das Tier in der Antike, no. 245, pl. 41.
Isler-Kerényi, Stamnoi, pp. 65-69.
Frel, Stamnoi: an Exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, no. 18.
Philippaki, The Attic Stamnos, p. 63 nos. 5 and 65, pl. 33.
Bloesch, Das Tier in der Antike, no. 245, pl. 41.
Isler-Kerényi, Stamnoi, pp. 65-69.
Frel, Stamnoi: an Exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, no. 18.
Exhibited
Stamnoi, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1980