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Jar (stamnos) with Nereus and his daughters
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure with added white and dilute glaze
Dimensions
35.8 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: Nereus and his daughters: Nereus is seated in a chair and holds a scepter; he has white hair and beard and wears an olive (?) wreath, rendered in dilute glaze. A daughter approaches him and pleads with outstretched arm, perhaps caressing his beard. Two others are behind her. Behind Nereus a woman, perhaps his wife Doris places a hand affectionately on his shoulder. Three more daughters stand behind him. Signed "Hermonax drew (this)" (add Greek)
Side B: Peleus rapes Thetis: A beardless youth wearing chiton and boots rushes to right and seizes a female preceded by two others. At left two female figures run to left. Much of this side missing.
Nereus, the old man of the sea, and his wife Doris, the daugher of Oceanus, were the parents of fifty lovely sea-nymphs, the most famous of whom were Thetis, the mother of Achilles, and Amphitrite, the bride of Poseidon.
Side B: Peleus rapes Thetis: A beardless youth wearing chiton and boots rushes to right and seizes a female preceded by two others. At left two female figures run to left. Much of this side missing.
Nereus, the old man of the sea, and his wife Doris, the daugher of Oceanus, were the parents of fifty lovely sea-nymphs, the most famous of whom were Thetis, the mother of Achilles, and Amphitrite, the bride of Poseidon.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901