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Red-figure amphora

Painter of the Louvre Gigantomachiaca. 440 B.C.

The Wilanów Palace Museum

The Wilanów Palace Museum
Warsaw, Poland

Large classical amphora with twisted handles, decorated with two depictions: a scene showing a warrior bidding farewell to his wife and father, and a depiction of three cloaked men. In accord with contemporary scholars and connoisseurs, Stanisław Kostka Potocki believed this to be the finest item in his collection of ancient vases.

Details

  • Title: Red-figure amphora
  • Creator: Painter of the Louvre Gigantomachia
  • Creator Gender: None
  • Date Created: ca. 440 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Technique: clay, red-figure technique
  • Provenance: We know that Stanisław Kostka Potocki prized this purchase, and we know it from his own writings. On 3 February 1786 he writes to his wife to inform her about the new purchase, and in a description of his collection written on 1 April 1786 he says this is the most beautiful specimen of this kind he had ever seen. In a catalogue of his collection (probably drafted in 1794 and lost in 1944), this amphora proudly opened the list of his one hundred and fifteen ancient vessels.
  • Place Part Of: Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: w267 x h531 x d267 mm
  • Type: Decorative arts
  • Rights: Wilanów Palace Museum, Photo: W. Holnicki

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