Amphora with Musical Scene

460-450 BCE (Classical)

30.3 cm 44.7 cm

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One of the prominent painters of classical Athens, the Niobid Painter (named after his most famous vase) is admired for his quiet and balanced compositions. Here, in the women's quarters of a house, three elaborately dressed women prepare for a music session. A seated woman re...

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Robert E. Hecht, Jr., New York, by 1993, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be ex. coll. Raymond Duncan, {date and mode of acquisition unknown}; Dorée Duncan Seligmann, {date of acquisition unknown}, by inheritance]; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.
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