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Reconstructed from 72 fragments, this cup has been repaired several times, indicating its enduring value to owners. Pairs of holes straddling cracks once held ancient wire or clamp repairs. Numerous incomplete holes may signify recent interventions. Early modern efforts to hide cracks and certain features of the satyrs that could have offended sensibilities of the time also masked the original artistry of its painting. So, for many years the cup languished in storage. Cleaning and reconstruction in 1952–53 revealed enough to allow attribution to a respected vase painter, Douris, reviving the cup’s reputation. More recently, a different attribution has been suggested, and a new conservation campaign replaced ancient parts from a different cup with modern reconstructions more like those lost.
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173728
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Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Dionysos and Satyr (I); Satyrs and Maenads (A, B)
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173728
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Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Dionysos and Satyr (I); Satyrs and Maenads (A, B)
description
Reconstructed from 72 fragments, this cup has been repaired several times, indicating its enduring value to owners. Pairs of holes straddling cracks once held ancient wire or clamp repairs. Numerous incomplete holes may signify recent interventions. Early modern efforts to hide cracks and certain features of the satyrs that could have offended sensibilities of the time also masked the original artistry of its painting. So, for many years the cup languished in storage. Cleaning and reconstruction in 1952–53 revealed enough to allow attribution to a respected vase painter, Douris, reviving the cup’s reputation. More recently, a different attribution has been suggested, and a new conservation campaign replaced ancient parts from a different cup with modern reconstructions more like those lost.
date
c. 480 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q106122470
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10899
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.)
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Greece, Athens
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1915.718
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Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Dionysos and Satyr (I); Satyrs and Maenads (A, B), c. 480 BCE. Attributed to Douris (Greek, Attic, active c. 500–470 BCE), or Painter of London E 55. Ceramic; diameter: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1915.718
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GR - Greek
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508.1915
didYouKnow
In the tondo, a dancing satyr approaches the wine god Dionysos, who holds a kantharos and grapevine.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 205157
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "A Cup by Douris." <em>American Journal of Archaeology</em> 58, no. 3 (1954): 230, pll. 41-42.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 28
citation
Carter, Martha L. <em>Classical Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 3; reproduced: p. 4; Plate 7
citation
Beazley, J. D. <em>Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd Ed</em>. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.
page_number
P. 436, no. 111 (Douris).
citation
Boulter, C. G. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, USA Fasc. 15 (Cleveland Museum of Art fasc. 1). </em>Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
P. 24, pll. 37-38.
citation
Moon, Warren G. and Louise Berge. <em>Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections.</em> Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: pp. 188-189, cat. 106
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16, no. 18
citation
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, 72, no. 6 (October 1985): 326–359.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 337, figs. 18-19
citation
Elston, Maya. "Ancient Repairs of Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum." <em>The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal</em> 18 (1990): 53-68.
page_number
Ill. p. 59, Fig. 12.
citation
Buitron-Oliver, Diana. <em>Douris: A Master-Painter of Athenian Red-Figure Vases</em>. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1995.
page_number
P. 87, cat. E,7 (Painter of London E 55)
citation
Clark, Andrew J., Maya Elston, and Mary Louise Hart. <em>Understanding Greek Vases: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques. </em>Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002.
page_number
Referenced and illustrated, pp. 26-27, Fig. 14.
citation
Pevnick, Seth. “Replication and Reinterpretation, Old and New.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 25.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 25.
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Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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2026-06-18 21:18:22.705000
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173728
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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