Vases › Red-figure › Psykter › PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)

PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)

Red-figure Euphronios · Psykter · -550 to -500

Body: DEATH OF PENTHEUS (NAMED), WOMEN (MAENADS, ONE NAMED), ONE WITH THYRSOS

Inscription

Named: PENTHEUS, GALENE

Provenance

4 recorded events

Excavation c. 1890s

Orvieto (ancient Volsinii), Umbria, Italy

Excavated at Orvieto, ancient Volsinii — an important Etruscan federation centre.

Purchase c. 1900s

Italian dealer

Rome, Italy

Through the Roman antiquities market.

Purchase c. 1909

Edward Perry Warren

Lewes, England

Acquired by Edward Perry Warren at Lewes House, Sussex. Warren was the principal purchasing agent for the Boston MFA, assembling one of the greatest collections of classical antiquities outside Europe.

Purchase 1910

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston, MA, USA

Purchased from Edward Perry Warren for the Museum of Fine Arts. A psykter (wine-cooler) by Euphronios depicting four hetairai riding dolphins — a unique and celebrated image.

Beazley, ARV², 16.14; Boston MFA acquisition records

Shape

Psykter

Technique

Red-figure

Date

-550 to -500

Culture

ATHENIAN

Painter

Euphronios

Attribution