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Vase Catalog Number: RISD 25.079

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Collection:Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Summary:Side A: Athena; Side B: Draped Youth
Ware:Attic Red Figure Shape:Nolan amphora
Painter:Attributed to the the Nikon Painter Potter:
Context: Athens Region:Attica
Date:460 B.C. Period:Early Classical
Dimensions:

H. 0.240 m., D. 0.190 m.

Primary Citation:ARV2, 650, 3

Decoration:

Side A: Goddess Athena faces right. Unhelmeted, she wears the aegis over a long spotted chiton of Ionic style with full elbow sleeves and a himation with decorative stripe over her arms. Her right arm is outstretched as if exhorting a hero to action while her left hand carries a spear, point down. Her hair is bound in a fillet with long streamers and falls to the nape of her neck. One foot faces front while the other is turned to the right. Below is a band of meanders.

Side B: A crudely drawn youth, draped in himation, facing right, leans heavily on a staff. Below is a band of meanders.

Inscriptions:

TIMOCHSENOS KALOS, "Timoxsenos is beautiful", running vertically downward beside Athena.

Collection History:

Formerly in the Warren collection. Purchased, 1925.

Sources Used:

CVA, USA 2, RISD 1, p.24, pl.15: 1a-b.

Other Bibliography:

Banks RISD Bulletin XVI 1928 p.45, fig.9 (Side A) and p.51

(Susan H. Allen)

Keywords:

aegis, Athena, carrying, chiton, fillet, himation, leaning, spear, staff, youth

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25 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.03.0965Side A: scene at center
1990.03.0972Side A: scene at center
1990.03.0973Side A: scene at center
1990.03.0966Side A: oblique from right
1990.03.0967Side B: oblique from left
1990.03.0968Side B: scene at center
1990.03.0970Side B: oblique from right
1990.03.0971Side A: oblique from left
1990.03.0974Side A: oblique from above
1990.03.0990Side A: inscription behind Athena
1990.03.0978Side A: Athena's himation
1990.03.0975Side A: Athena
1990.03.0982Side A: Athena
1990.03.0980Side A: Athena, upper half
1990.03.0979Side A: Athena, mid-section
1990.03.0976Side A: Athena, lower half
1990.03.0981Side A: Athena's feet
1990.03.0977Side A: Athena's spear
1990.03.0991Side A: Athena's spear
1990.03.0983Side B: draped youth
1990.03.0984Side B: draped youth, upper half
1990.03.0985Side B: draped youth, lower half
1990.03.0986Side B: draped youth, lower half
1990.03.0987Meander pattern below main panel
1990.03.0989Base
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