Lot Essay
One side depicts Menelaos and Helen with a warrior and onlooker, while the other side shows a warrior departing in a chariot.
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PROPERTY FROM THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SWING PAINTER, CIRCA 540 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SWING PAINTER, CIRCA 540 B.C.
17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SWING PAINTER, CIRCA 540 B.C.
17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Paul Gottschalk, Leipzig.
The Toledo Museum of Art, acquired from the above, 1923 (Accession no. 1923.3123).
The Toledo Museum of Art, acquired from the above, 1923 (Accession no. 1923.3123).
Literature
L. Ghali-Kahil, Les enlèvemeats et le retour d'Helène, Paris, 1955, p. 105, fn. 3.
F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage, second edition, 1960, p. 297, no. 4.
F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage, third edition, 1973, p. 411, no. 4.
C.G. Boulter and K.T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Fasc. 1, Toledo, 1976, pp. 1-2, pl. 3.1-2.
E. Bohr, Der Schaukelmaler, Mainz, 1982, p. 105, no. U 9, pl. 154 A-B.
E.E. Bell, "An Exekian Puzzle in Portland: Further light on the relationship between Exekias and Group E," Ancient Greek Art and Iconography, Madison, 1983, pp. 79 and 85, no. 15.
L. Ghali-Kahil, "Helene," Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classica, Vol. IV, Zurich, 1988, p. 548, no. 320.
Beazley Archive Database no. 6154.
F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage, second edition, 1960, p. 297, no. 4.
F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage, third edition, 1973, p. 411, no. 4.
C.G. Boulter and K.T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Fasc. 1, Toledo, 1976, pp. 1-2, pl. 3.1-2.
E. Bohr, Der Schaukelmaler, Mainz, 1982, p. 105, no. U 9, pl. 154 A-B.
E.E. Bell, "An Exekian Puzzle in Portland: Further light on the relationship between Exekias and Group E," Ancient Greek Art and Iconography, Madison, 1983, pp. 79 and 85, no. 15.
L. Ghali-Kahil, "Helene," Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classica, Vol. IV, Zurich, 1988, p. 548, no. 320.
Beazley Archive Database no. 6154.
Exhibited
The Toledo Museum of Art, The Unseen Art of the Toledo Museum of Art: What's in the Vaults and Why?, 12 September 2004-2 January 2005.