AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED STAMNOS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE MNB 1148 CIRCA 350-340 B.C.

Details

AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED STAMNOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE MNB 1148
CIRCA 350-340 B.C.
The obverse with a youthful nude Dionysos seated in the center upon his mantle, a phiale in his left hand, a thyrsos in his right, facing right but looking back towards a standing nude bearded satyr, a fawn skin tied over his left forearm, holding a torch in his left hand, a situla in his right, a standing draped maenad to the right, a tympanum in her right hand, a thyrsos in her left, fillets, a grape cluster and a window in the field; the reverse with a youthful nude satyr, a situla in his left hand, a filleted thyrsos in his right, bandoliers crossing his chest, moving to the left but looking back toward a draped maenad, a filleted torch in her right hand, a thyrsos in her left, fillets and a window in the field, a branch below; a band of meander and dotted squares below the scenes, tongues above, ivy and berries on the neck, dotted ovolo on the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, tongues framing the handles, the handles bisected by an applied ring; details in added white
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Tokyo Private Collection, 1960s.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2001 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XII, no. 234).

Lot Essay

According to Trendall and Cambitoglou (p. 98-99, First Supplement to The Red-figured Vases of Apulia) the Painter of Louvre MNB 1148 was a "close follower of the Varrese Painter, by whose work his style was greatly influenced, but his own shows a high degree of individuality, especially in his drawing of faces and drapery. He is a contemporary of the Darius Painter and his associates, whose influence is reflected in his work ..."

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