AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Neck A: SYMPOSIUM, YOUTH PLAYING KOTTABOS | Neck B: SYMPOSIUM, YOUTH PLAYING LYRE
Inscription
Kalos/Kale: LEAGROS KALOS | LEAGROS
Provenance
4 recorded events
Excavation
c. 1820s
Vulci, Etruria, Italy
Excavated at Vulci. The earliest Vulci excavations predated the Canino campaigns.
Purchase
c. 1825
Edme-Antoine Durand — Durand Collection
Paris, France
Entered the collection of Edme-Antoine Durand, one of the most important early collectors of Greek vases in Paris.
Sale
1836
Paris, France
Sold at the dispersal of the Durand collection after his death. The French state purchased the finest pieces.
Purchase
1836
Musée du Louvre
Paris, France
Acquired by the Louvre from the Durand sale. A neck-amphora by Euphronios depicting Herakles — an early work of the greatest of the Pioneer Group painters.
Beazley, ARV², 13.1; Louvre acquisition records
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)