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Vase Catalog Number: Harvard 1977.216.2244

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Collection:Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums
Summary:Side A: Assembly of gods. Side B: assembly of gods, and others.
Ware:Attic Black Figure Shape:Amphora
Painter:Attributed to The Affecter Potter:
Context: Region:
Date:ca. 550 B.C. - 530 B.C. Period:Archaic
Dimensions:

H. 0.375 m.; D. 0.252 m.

Primary Citation:ABV, 245, 64; Beazley Addenda 2, 63.

Graffiti:

Under foot: E, and additional, apparently meaningless scratches.

Parallels:

For The Affecter, named by Beazley for his finicky, affected style, see Mommsen 1975. For Poseidon in Greek vase-painting, see U. Heimberg, Das Bild des Poseidon in der griechischen Vasenmalerei (Freiburg 1968). Cf. the shape and ornament of three other amphorae of type B by The Affecter: Tarquinia 625, Louvre F 27, and Bologna PU 189 (ABV, 245, 65-67; Mommsen 1975, pl. 1).

Collection History:

Bequest of Henry W. Haynes. Former inventory no. 2244.

Condition:

Broken and repaired, with several missing pieces and wide cracks restored; only minimal re-painting. On side A, damage to the face of Poseidon, Zeus' right arm, upper legs, lower body, and throne, and Hermes' right leg and foot. On side B, damage to the chest of the youth at left.

Shape Description:

Amphora of type B: swelling, capacious body; wide echinus foot; cylindrical handles; wide, flaring mouth.

Sources Used:

Buitron 1972; CVA, Fogg-Gallatin.

Other Bibliography:

CVA, Fogg-Gallatin, 250-26, pl. 7, 2; LIMC, V, 346, Hermes 723a; Mommsen 1975, 85, pls. 1 and 16, no. 2; Buitron 1972, 34-35, no. 13.

Essay: Buitron No. 13

BLACK-FIGURE PANEL AMPHORA (TYPE B)

Lent by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; bequest of H.W. Haynes (CC 2244)

Height: 14 13/16 in. (37.7 cm.)

Broken and repaired; missing pieces restored and painted.

Side A: assembly of gods. Zeus is seated on a throne and holds a javelin in one hand. Hermes with caduceus approaches from the right; Poseidon holding trident and fish stands to the left. At the far right stands another god, perhaps Dionysos since he wears the skin of a feline. At the far left is a youth with garlands, perhaps Ganymede. Zeus sits on an elegant throne with a slightly curved back ending in a swan's head; it has low hand rails supported on columns, and a sphinx resting on stretchers between legs which end in lion's paws. On the ground beneath the throne is a hare. Hanging above from their forepaws are a dead hare and fox. Suspended in the field are fillets.

Side B: assembly of gods. Zeus with javelin and Poseidon with trident and fish face each other in the center. To the right is a nude youth; to the left, a youth with a javelin. Behind him is a bearded man carrying a fish. He may be Nereus, the old man of the sea. Again the field is punctuated with hanging fillets. A dead hare hangs by his forepaws at one side of the scene. Both panels are framed above by a lotus chain with points downward. On side B there are dots in the interstices above the lotus flowers. At the base are staggered rays which are a favorite of this painter.

Red and white are used profusely to articulate parts of the shape as well as of the figure scenes.

Red: drapery ornament and folds, fillets, hair, petasos, animal skins, breasts of the nude men, tails and breasts of the animals, wings and hair of the sphinx, and the fillets which litter the field. On the upper rim and base of the lip, on the foot, a line around the inside of the lip, lines circling the vase at the base of the scene, lines above and below the zone with rays.

White: frame of the throne, dots of the wreaths, fillets, dots of the rosettes on the drapery, dots on the baldrics, face of the sphinx, and breast of the fox and hare.

Attributed to the Affecter [Chase] ca. 550 - 530 B.C.

The Affecter is chief among the black-figure mannerists, a group of painters who carry formalism to an extreme and who retain traditional stylistic elements (e. g. profuse use of red and white, attention to decorative detail). Although his oeuvre is large, there is little variation within it, and one finds the same large trunks and long skinny limbs everywhere. His figured panels are frequently crowded and unclear, and narrative clarity tends to give way before the emphasis on decorative detail (see Beazley 1928a, 23, 37-38 and Karo 1899, 147-163).

Bibliography: CVA, USA 8, pl. 7, 2; ABV, 245, no. 64.

(Michael Padgett)

Keywords:

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Archive NumberCaption
1990.01.0521Side A: scene at center
1990.01.0522Side A: oblique from right
1990.01.0523Handle: right of side A
1990.01.0524Side B: oblique from left
1990.01.0525Side B: scene at center
1990.01.0526Side B: oblique from right
1990.01.0527Handle: right of side B
1990.01.0528Side A: oblique from left
1990.01.0529Base
1990.01.0530Side A: assembly of gods
1990.01.0552Side A: Ganymede?, Poseidon, and part of enthroned Zeus
1990.01.0551Side A: Ganymede?
1990.01.0549Side A: Ganymede?, from the knees up
1990.01.0550Side A: Ganymede?, from the chest down
1990.01.0547Side A: Ganymede?, and Poseidon, from the waist down
1990.01.0548Side A: Poseidon, from the knees up
1990.01.0546Side A: Poseidon, from the knees up
1990.01.0545Side A: Poseidon, from the waist up
1990.01.0544Side A: Poseidon, head, and hanging hare
1990.01.0543Side A: Poseidon, from the waist down
1990.01.0553Side A: enthroned Zeus
1990.01.0539Side A: enthroned Zeus, from the knees up
1990.01.0538Side A: enthroned Zeus, from the waist up
1990.01.0540Side A: enthroned Zeus, from the waist down
1990.01.0541Side A: enthroned Zeus, throne with sphinx and hare
1990.01.0542Side A: enthroned Zeus, sphinx and hare beneath throne
1990.01.0537Side A: fox hanging on wall between Zeus and Hermes
1990.01.0554Side A: Hermes
1990.01.0535Side A: Hermes, from the knees up
1990.01.0536Side A: Hermes, from the waist up
1990.01.0534Side A: Hermes, from the chest down
1990.01.0555Side A: Dionysos?
1990.01.0532Side A: Dionysos? from the knees up
1990.01.0531Side A: Dionysos? from the waist up
1990.01.0533Side A: Dionysos?, from the waist down
1990.01.0556Side B: assembly of the gods
1990.01.0557Side B: Nereus?
1990.01.0559Side B: Nereus?, from the knees up
1990.01.0561Side B: Nereus?, from the waist up
1990.01.0558Side B: Nereus?, from the chest down
1990.01.0560Side B: Nereus?, youth with javelin, and Zeus
1990.01.0563Side B: Nereus?, upper body, youth with javelin, upper body, and Zeus, upper body
1990.01.0562Side B: youth with javelin, from the waist up
1990.01.0564Side B: youth with javelin, from the chest down
1990.01.0567Side B: Zeus
1990.01.0565Side B: Zeus, from the knees up
1990.01.0568Side B: Zeus, from the waist up
1990.01.0566Side B: Zeus, from the chest down
1990.01.0569Side B: Poseidon
1990.01.0571Side B: Poseidon, from the knees up
1990.01.0570Side B: Poseidon, from the waist up
1990.01.0573Side B: Poseidon, from the chest down
1990.01.0572Side B: Poseidon, fish in left hand
1990.01.0574Side B: nude youth
1990.01.0576Side B: nude youth, from the knees up
1990.01.0575Side B: nude youth, from the waist up
1990.01.0577Side B: nude youth, from the chest down
1990.01.0578Side B: fox hanging by forepaws at lower right
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