Vases Red-figure Psykter PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
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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
Technique
Date
-550 to -500
Culture
ATHENIAN
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Orvieto, Italy
Museum
Boston (ma), Museum Of Fine Arts
Accession Number
10.221
Image Source
beazley
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)