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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALKIMACHOS PAINTER, CIRCA 470-460 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALKIMACHOS PAINTER, CIRCA 470-460 B.C.
The obverse with a nude jumper in profile to the right, haltares (jumping weights) held forth in his straight arms, a pillar behind supporting his himation and a staff curved at the end, the pillar inscribed in Greek, posnos, sandals hanging above; the reverse with a bearded trainer holding a measuring stick, his body frontal, his head in left profile, preparing to measure the jump of the athlete on the obverse, clad in a himation draped across his waist and over his left arm; both sides with a band of stopt meander below the scenes
13 in. (33 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALKIMACHOS PAINTER, CIRCA 470-460 B.C.
The obverse with a nude jumper in profile to the right, haltares (jumping weights) held forth in his straight arms, a pillar behind supporting his himation and a staff curved at the end, the pillar inscribed in Greek, posnos, sandals hanging above; the reverse with a bearded trainer holding a measuring stick, his body frontal, his head in left profile, preparing to measure the jump of the athlete on the obverse, clad in a himation draped across his waist and over his left arm; both sides with a band of stopt meander below the scenes
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York.
Mr. Albert Gallatin, New York, 1927; thence by descent.
Mr. Albert Gallatin, New York, 1927; thence by descent.
Literature
J.D. Beazley, Greek Vases in Poland, Oxford, 1928, p. 29, note 2.
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Loan Exhibition of Greek Vases from the Collection of Albert Gallatin, Esq., New York, Philadelphia, 1935, no. 43.
G.H. Chase and M.Z.P. Philippides, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Cambridge (MA), Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Cambridge, 1942, p. 100, pl. 54,1a-b.
D. von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, New York, 1961, no. 227, pls. 84-85.
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 529, no. 10, and p. 1658.
Beazley Archive Database no. 205981.
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Loan Exhibition of Greek Vases from the Collection of Albert Gallatin, Esq., New York, Philadelphia, 1935, no. 43.
G.H. Chase and M.Z.P. Philippides, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Cambridge (MA), Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Cambridge, 1942, p. 100, pl. 54,1a-b.
D. von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, New York, 1961, no. 227, pls. 84-85.
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 529, no. 10, and p. 1658.
Beazley Archive Database no. 205981.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Greek Vases from the Collection of Albert Gallatin, 28 January - 2 March 1935.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, 17 December 1959 - 28 February 1960.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, 17 December 1959 - 28 February 1960.
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