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Hydria
Greek
Archaic Period
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 083; 085, 1.
DescriptionOn shoulder, Dionysos with six satyrs and maenads; on body, an aged father looks on as two sons, assisted by grooms, prepare quadriga.
Put together from many pieces.
Attributed by Mary B. Moore to the Rycroft Painter.
Put together from many pieces.
Attributed by Mary B. Moore to the Rycroft Painter.
ProvenanceBy 1899: said to have been seen in the art market in Rome; by 1903: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 1903