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accession number: 1978.59
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Red-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Athena Slaying Giant (body); Satyr between Maenads (shoulder), c. 490 BCE. Shoulder attributed to Berlin Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 505–460 BC), body attributed to Painter of Goluchow 37 (Greek, Attic, active c. 490–460 BC). Ceramic; diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); diameter of foot: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1978.59
title: Red-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Athena Slaying Giant (body); Satyr between Maenads (shoulder)
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creation date: c. 490 BCE
creation date earliest: -495
creation date latest: -485
current location: 102B Greek
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Greek, Attic
technique: ceramic
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Greek
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Berlin Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 505–460 BC)
Attic vase painter, active ca. 500-ca. 460 BCE
* Painter of Goluchow 37 (Greek, Attic, active c. 490–460 BC)
Attic vase painter, active ca. 500-480 BCE
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measurements: Diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1978
opening date: 1979-02-13T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Greek Vase Painting in Midwestern Collections, Art Institute of Chicago, (22 December 1980-24 February 1981).', 'opening_date': '1980-12-22T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (29 June-5 September 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-29T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (11 May-1 August 1993); Art Museum, Princeton University, (31 August-28 November 1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-05-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1978-
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RELATED WORKS
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page number: BAPD 5168
url: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/686058FE-F50E-4CC4-B4B4-FBF12121EC75
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page number: pp. 33-35, fig. 4, pls. 1816-1817, 70.2-3, 71.1-3
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Moon, Warren G., and Louise Berge. Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections. Chicago: Art Institute, 1979.
page number: Pl. 6, p. 186, no. 105.
url: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0045%3Aentry%3D105
Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC). Zürich: Artemis, 1981.
page number: Pl. 147
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McNiven, Timothy John. Gestures in Attic Vase Painting: Use and Meaning, 550-450 B.C. 1982.
page number: p. 155, pl. 5d
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 15, fig. 17
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International Congress of Classical Archaeology. Praktika tou XII Diethnous Synedriou Klasikēs Archaiologias: Athēna, 4-10 Septembriou 1983. Athēna: Hypourgeio Politismou kai Epistēmōn, 1985.
page number: VOL.B, PL.24.2
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page number: pp. 38-39, 144, fig. 95
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J. Paul Getty Museum. Greek vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Vol. 4. Vol. 4. Malibu, Calif: The Museum, 1989.
page number: p. 120, figs. 2A-B
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Arafat, K. W. Classical Zeus: A Study in Art and Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.
page number: p. 184, no. I.28, 205
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Neils, Jenifer. Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens : [Exhibition]. Hanover, N.H.: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1992.
page number: p. 147, no. 4
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Buitron-Oliver, Diana. Douris: A Master-Painter of Athenian Red-Figure Vases. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1995.
page number: p. 65, n. 464
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page number: pl. 54, fig. 108
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International Union of Academies. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America Fasc. 35 United States of America Fasc. 35. München: Beck, 2000.
page number: p. 33, pl. 70.2-3, 71.1-3, fig. 4
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Woodard, Roger D. The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology. 2007.
page number: fig. 11
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Muth, Susanne. Gewalt im Bild: das Phänomen der medialen Gewalt im Athen des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
page number: p. 297, fig. 196
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Bark, Julianna M. "Liotard, History Painting, and Mimesis," Cantor Arts Center Journal vol. 6 (2008- 2009).
page number: pp. 19-26, fig. 5
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Guy, Robert J. "In the Shadow of the Berlin Painter." In The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C. J. Michael Padgett,J ed., 188-211. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, Connecticut: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2017.
page number: Reproduced: P. 190-191, fig. 1-3; Mention: P. 194, 199, 203
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