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Terracotta pyxis (box)

Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter 

Period:
Classical
Date:
ca. 465–460 B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Attic
Medium:
Terracotta; white-ground
Dimensions:
H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) H. with cover 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
Classification:
Vases
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number:
07.286.36

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 172

  • Description

    The Judgement of Paris

    During the middle of the fifth century B.C., the white-ground technique was commonly used for lekythoi, oil flasks placed on graves, and for fine vases of other shapes. As classical painters sought to achieve ever more complex effects with the limited possibilities of red-figure, the white background gave new prominence to the glaze lines and polychromy. The decoration of this pyxis reflects the delight with which an accomplished artist like the Penthesilea Painter depicted a traditional subject.

  • Provenance

    Said to be from Cumae

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1908. "A White Athenian Pyxis." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3(8): pp. 154-55.

    Howe, Winnifred, E. 1916. "The Children's Bulletin." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 11(11) Supplement, pp. 1-3.

    von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1949. "The Classical Contribution to Western Civilization." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 7(8): p. 212.

    Rodney, Nanette B. 1952. "The Judgment of Paris." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 11(2): pp. 57, 67.

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1970. "The Department of Greek and Roman Art: Triumphs and Tribulations." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3: pp. 75, 79, fig. 11.

    Bothmer, Dietrich von. 1972. "Greek Vase Painting: An Introduction." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 31(1): no. 23, pp. 7, 54-55, 68.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 42, pp. 60-61.

    Wullschleger, Manuela. 2000. “Un chef-d’oeuvre de la céramique falisque le stamnos Nordmann.” Genava 48: p. 28 n. 126.

    Mertens, Joan R. 2010. How to Read Greek Vases. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 17, 19, fig. 9.

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