Feasting Dionysus
Red-figured calyx krater. Apulia.Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Height 41.3 cm. Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.6 / ex L.1988.81.5 / ex 2351.Chicago, Art Institute
Feasting Dionysus.
Red-figured calyx krater. Apulia.
Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Height 41.3 cm.
Clay.
Attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714.
Ca. 375—350 BCE.
Height 41.3 cm.
Inv. Nos. ex L.63.21.6 / ex L.1988.81.5 / ex 2351.
Chicago, Art Institute.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan).
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, England.
Origin:
George Waddington (1793—1869), Dean of Durham Cathedral.
The Chapter of Durham Cathedral, by bequest from the above, 1869.
William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, California, inv. no. 2351, acquired from the above in 1936 via Goldschmidt.
The Hearst Corporation (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Works of Art, Furniture & Architectural Elements Collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst, April 5th—6th, 1963, no. 101).
Acquired by Jan Mitchell in 1963, presumably at the above sale.
Sotheby’s, New York, 7 June 2012: Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities, lot 19. Estimate: 60,000—90,000 USD. Price realized: 338,500 USD.
Art Institute of Chicago (?) (photo from 28.10.2016: https://commons.wikimedia.org).
Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. nos. L.63.21.6 and L.1988.81.5), from 1963 to 2011.
The Chapter of Durham Cathedral, by bequest from the above, 1869.
William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, California, inv. no. 2351, acquired from the above in 1936 via Goldschmidt.
The Hearst Corporation (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Works of Art, Furniture & Architectural Elements Collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst, April 5th—
Acquired by Jan Mitchell in 1963, presumably at the above sale.
Sotheby’s, New York, 7 June 2012: Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities, lot 19. Estimate: 60,000—
Art Institute of Chicago (?) (photo from 28.10.2016: https://commons.wikimedia.org).
Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. nos. L.63.21.6 and L.1988.81.5), from 1963 to 2011.
Description:
An Apulian red-figured calyx krater, attributed to the Painter of Athens 1714, circa 375—350 B.C.
painted with the young Dionysos reclining on a richly embroidered couch, raising a kantharos in his right hand, and serenaded by a woman seated at his feet and playing the harp, the two attended by a maenad holding a thyrsos and thymiaterion, and a satyr holding a thyrsos and lightly touching the hand of Dionysos, a female theater mask above the scene, a table, basket, and brazier below, details in added yellow and white, a woman holding a casket and sash and flanked by two youths on the reverse.Height 161/4 in. 41.3 cm.
Literature:
A. D. Trendall, Phlyax Vases (BCIS Supplement 19), 2nd. ed., London, 1967, no. (XXI), pl. 14b.
E. W. Handley, “The Poet Inspired?”, Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 93, 1973, p. 106, pl. 1b.
A. D. Trendall and Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, vol. I, Oxford, 1978, p. 212, no. 152, pl. 67, 1—2.
E. W. Handley, “The Poet Inspired?”, Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 93, 1973, p. 106, pl. 1b.
A. D. Trendall and Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, vol. I, Oxford, 1978, p. 212, no. 152, pl. 67, 1—
Credits:
© 2012. Photo, text: Sotheby’s Auction House (Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities, 07 June 2012, Lot 19).
Keywords: κεραμικά ceramics clay terracotta ceramica keramik céramique νοτιοταλικό southitalian southern italy mezzogiorno meridione süditalienisch süditalien suditalien apulia apulian apula apulische apulienne technique tecnica vasenmalerei ερυθρόμορφος red figure red-figure red-figured a rosse rotfigurige rotfiguriger à figures rouges κρατήρ κρατήρας krater сrater cratere cratère calyx-krater calice kelchkrater en ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque διώνυσος dionysus dioniso dionysos μαινάδα μαινάδες mainades maenas maenades maenad maenads menade menadi mänade mänaden ménade ménades σάτυρος σάτυροι satyros satyroi satur saturus satyr satyrs satiro satiri satyrn satyre satyres female dress clothes clothing garment abbigliamento femminile damenbekleidung vêtements pour femmes γυναικεία ρούχα hairdo hairstyle pettinatura acconciatura weibliche frisur coiffure féminine θηλυκό χτένισμα male footwear footgear calzatura frauenschuhe chaussures παπούτσια musical instrument strumento musicale musikinstrument de musique μουσικό όργανο thyrsus tirso thyrse θύρσος thyrsos tambourine tamburello tamburin tambourin ντέφι corona hedera ivy wreath di edera efeukranz couronne lierre στεφάνι κισσού armilla bracelet braccialetto bracciale armband armreif armspange spange βραχιόλι serta garland garlands ghirlanda ghirlandi girlande guirlande γιρλάντα girl young woman ragazza mädchen mädel jeune fille κοπέλα earring earrings orecchino orecchini ohrring ohrringe boucle d’oreille barba barbatum beard bearded man uomo barbuto bart bärtiger mann barbe homme barbu γενειάδα γενειοφόρος άνθρωπος taenia tainia band ribbon fillet tenia tänie binden tænia ténia ταινία kantharos cantharus cantaro canthare cantarôsse κάνθαρος reclining reclinabile reclinabili reclinata liegend inclinable ανακλινόμενα diadema diadem diadème διάδημα torquis necklace collana halskette collier κολιέ palmette palmetta theatrical mask masks maschere maschera teatrale theatermaske theatermasken masques masque théâtre θεατρική μάσκα laurel branch ramo alloro lorbeerzweig branche laurier belt cintura cingolo gurt gürtel ceinture ζώνη pulvinus pillow cuscino kissen polster oreiller μαξιλάρι giovane jung νέοι kline lectus triclinaris bed couch letto bett klinê lit couche κλίνη adornment adornments adornamento adornamenti schmuck verzierungen ornement duck drake anatra ente enterich canard πάπια half-naked seminude seminudo halbnackter moitié nu wine vino wein vin κρασί wave-pattern wave-like ornament wavy thymiaterion thymiaterium incensiere censer burner sacrificial offering vessel for burning of incense incenso weihrauch encens θυμιατήριον θυμιητήριον nude nudo nackt nackter bun trapeza small dinner table tavolinetto tischchen τράπεζα calathus kalathus kalathos calathos basket cesto korb panier κάλαθος on three legs tavolo su tre gambe tisch auf drei beinen sur trois pieds musician playing musicista che suona musiker spielen musicien jouant embroidery embroidered ricamo stickerei broderie feasting closed in shoes scarpe chiuse geschlossene schuhe fermées brazier braciere kohlebecken brasero réchaud coverlet bedspread counterpane coperta decke bettdecke couverture harp arpa harfe harpe painter athens 1714 pittore atene maler von athen peintre d’athènes inv no ex l.63.21.6 l.1988.81.5 2351
