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Red-figure amphora
Painter of the Louvre Gigantomachiaca. 440 B.C.
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.
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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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