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Wine Jug by the Schuwalow Painter: An Erotic Miniature (Detail)
Shuvalov Painteraround 430 BC
Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
A young man and a young woman will soon be joined in the act of love-making. Such a depiction would be unheard of for reputable Athenian female citizens: Thus the woman must be a hetaera (courtesan), the scene must be taking place at the symposium (banquet) or in a brothel.
Details
- Title: Wine Jug by the Schuwalow Painter: An Erotic Miniature (Detail)
- Creator: Schuwalow Painter
- Date Created: around 430 BC
- Location: Lokri (Italy)
- Medium: Clay
- Style: Attic red-figure
- Object acquired: Acquired in 1828 with the Coll. Koller
- Inv.-No.: F 2414
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-814319
- External link: Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyrights: Text: © Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin || Photo: © b p k - || Photo Agency / Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius
- Collection: Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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