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home > collections > an agreement with the italian ministry of culture
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 | | The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), transferred 13 antiquities to Italy and signed an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture marking the beginning of a new era of cultural exchange on Thursday, September 28. The agreement includes the creation of a partnership in which the Italian government will loan significant works from Italy to the MFA’s displays and special exhibitions program, and establishes a process by which the MFA and Italy will exchange information with respect to the Museum’s future acquisitions of Italian antiquities. The partnership also envisages collaboration in the areas of scholarship, conservation, archaeological investigation and exhibition planning. Additional information on the objects and downloadable images can be found below, as well as in the press release. |
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List of Works
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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the murder of Atreus
Greek, South Italian, Late Classical Period, about 340–330 B.C.
the Darius Painter
Place of Manufacture: Apulia, Italy
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1991.437
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Vase for bath water (loutrophoros) depicting Pelops and Hippodameia in a chariot
Greek, South Italian, Early Hellenistic Period, 320–310 B.C.
the White Sakkos Painter
Place of Manufacture: Apulia, Italy
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1988.431
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Sabina
Roman, Imperial Period, about A.D. 136
Marble, probably from the Greek island of ParosClassification: Sculpture
Accession number: 1979.556
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Triangular Support for a Candelabrum Shaft, Decorative Colonette, or Small Basin*
Roman, Early Roman Imperial Period, possibly A.D. 20–60
Marble from Carrara in northwest ItalyClassification: Sculpture
Accession number: 1992.310
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Two-handled vessel (nestoris) depicting athletes in conversation with girls
Greek, South Italian, Classical Period, late fifth century B.C.
the Amykos Painter
Place of Manufacture: Lucania, Italy
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1998.588
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Two-handled vessel (nestoris)
Greek, South Italian, Classical Period, about 420–410 B.C.
Artist: the Amykos Painter
Place of Manufacture: Lucania, Italy
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1971.49
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Water jar (kalpis-hydria) depicting Apollo making a libation before gods and goddesses*
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 485 B.C.
the Berlin Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1978.45
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Lekythos*
Greek, Archaic Period, about 500–490 B.C.
Probably by: the Terpaulos Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1977.713
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Mixing bowl (bell-krater) with Thracian hunters
Greek, Classical Period, about 440–430 B.C.
the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1999.735
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Oil flask (lekythos)
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490 B.C.
the Diosphos Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Black FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1989.317
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Two-handled jar (pelike) depicting Phineus with the sons of Boreas*
Greek, Classical Period, about 450 B.C.
the Nausicaa Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1979.40
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Mixing bowl (bell krater)
Greek, South Italian, Late Classical Period, about 380–370 B.C.
Artist: the Hoppin Painter
Place of Manufacture: Apulia, Italy
Ceramic, Red FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1988.532
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Water jar (hydria)
Greek, Archaic Period, about 530–520 B.C.
Circle Of: the Antimenes Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Ceramic, Black FigureClassification: Vessels
Accession number: 1979.614
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