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Source Description
The vase painter known as "The Affecter" had a long career, beginning before 550 BCE and lasting into the 520s. His style is one of the most easily recognized in all of Greek vase-painting, characterized by thick figures with tiny heads and exaggerated, angular joints. Both sides of the amphora show scenes of the messenger-god Hermes leading the wine-god Dionysus towards a woman (perhaps Ariadne, wife of Dionysus) who welcomes them, in the company of satyrs.
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Document identity
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28180
label
Amphora with Scenes of the Hermes and Dionysus
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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28180
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object
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normalized
title
Amphora with Scenes of the Hermes and Dionysus
description
The vase painter known as "The Affecter" had a long career, beginning before 550 BCE and lasting into the 520s. His style is one of the most easily recognized in all of Greek vase-painting, characterized by thick figures with tiny heads and exaggerated, angular joints. Both sides of the amphora show scenes of the messenger-god Hermes leading the wine-god Dionysus towards a woman (perhaps Ariadne, wife of Dionysus) who welcomes them, in the company of satyrs.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [no. 218]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 540-530 BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
amphorae (storage vessels)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
60
height
27
dimensionsRaw
H: 23 5/8 x Diam: 10 5/8 in. (60 x 27 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta; black figure
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2722
collection_ids
GRC
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2672
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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no