Water jar (hydria) depicting the struggle between Herakles and Triton
About 530–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 49.7 cm (19 9/16 in.); diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8058
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to be from Vulci; by 1836: E. Durand Collection (Vente du cabinet de feu M. le Chevalier E. Durand, Paris, April 25, 1836, lot 303); by 1840: Vicomte Beugnot Collection; 1849: with Christie's, London (auction, June 14-16, 1849, lot 68); by date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C., England (auction of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 283); 1901: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1801
Circle of the Lysippides Painter
about 530 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Edinburgh Painter
about 510–500 B.C.
The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.