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Source Description
Etruscan artists imitated Greek black-figure ware during the later 6th through the mid-5th centuries BCE. On this amphora (two-handled storage vessel), running satyrs gesture wildly beneath a procession of birds. The vivid animation of the figures is typical of Etruscan art, and their dance-like poses and proportions are probably inspired by the wall-paintings of contemporary Etruscan tombs.
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Document identity
localId
16193
label
Amphora with Running Satyrs
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
16193
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Amphora with Running Satyrs
description
Etruscan artists imitated Greek black-figure ware during the later 6th through the mid-5th centuries BCE. On this amphora (two-handled storage vessel), running satyrs gesture wildly beneath a procession of birds. The vivid animation of the figures is typical of Etruscan art, and their dance-like poses and proportions are probably inspired by the wall-paintings of contemporary Etruscan tombs.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 500-490 BCE (Late Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
amphorae (storage vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
42.5
height
26
dimensionsRaw
16 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (42.5 x 26 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
med
terracotta; black figure
creator_ids
4084
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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c4cf987d92c5c94d